chagrin

Much to my chagrin, I failed — and if the data is any indication, living to a ripe old age isn’t as much of a given as I expected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

When I finally did, age 30, I realized to my chagrin that in following his footsteps, I hadn’t scratched the surface of his intellectual journey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Monday’s court ruling, to the chagrin of Mr. Musk, settled one question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

To my chagrin but not my surprise, no one else in the theater came with their tail tucked between their legs, covered by a trench coat.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

And if they used a bit more salt than necessary those first few weeks, much to the chagrin of the neighborhood’s ghosts, the mother did not complain.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Hector the dog delights and chagrins them in equal measure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018

However, while Carter's crusty editorializing delights thousands of listeners, it chagrins thousands more, keeps him in a perpetual controversial stew.

From Time Magazine Archive

These chagrins he took as a wise man should.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre by John Morley

He sought consolation for chagrins at home in attachments abroad, first with a Madame Puisieux, a fifth-rate female scribbler, and then with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Not the least of Raleigh's chagrins in the Tower must have been the composition of works which he was unable to publish.

From Raleigh by Andrew Lang

Scott was chagrined, she says, both because she had scheduled many meetings during other people’s dinner hours and because she hadn’t considered that fathers also want to have meals with their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025

The front end, which was also a trunk, came up right to my rib cage, a contact point that would have chagrined any high school football coach as bad tackling form: too high.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

A rather chagrined Mr Ko told a room full of reporters that he had been tricked into the agreement - and that he should not have negotiated with the KMT alone, without any advisers present.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

During a “lightning round” of queries, Christie was chagrined when MacCallum asked him about government investigations of UFOs.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

“No,” Teresita’s husband said, looking a little chagrined yet firm at the same time.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Last week publicity-hating President Tew was chagrinned to find his name very much in the news.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many another influence close to the Administration was similarly chagrinned.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his Thanksgiving vacation he had missed five successive quail and gone home chagrinned.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vouchsafing a brief condescending glance and a rough "How are you," Mr. Bagley led the way into the eating-house, Davenport chagrinned on Larcher's account, and Larcher stricken dumb by the stranger's outrage upon his self-esteem.

From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Robert Neilson Stephens

Peter Slade was much chagrinned to have the victory snatched from him, and began to mutter something about the race not being a fair one.

From The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall by Edward Stratemeyer

Cecil's unfortunate encouragement of the night before—displayed more with a view to chagrining Sir Penthony than from a mere leaning toward coquetry—has fanned his passion to a very dangerous height.

From Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton