discomfiture

Example Sentences

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Michel Barnier, who negotiated the terms of Brexit on behalf of the EU, said he took no pleasure in Britain’s discomfiture.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022

They’re reveling in what they see as the discomfiture of authorities at the destinations forced to scramble to bring care and services to the passengers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Yet instilling confidence and solidarity among democracy’s friends — and discomfiture among its foes — has intrinsic value.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2021

There was much cheering in Pakistan over India's discomfiture at the turn of events, said Raza Ahmad Rumi, a political commentator, who teaches at Ithaca College in New York.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2021

Many of the leading Whigs dined daily at the Queen, and one man after another stopped at their table to laugh over Merchant Lyte’s public discomfiture that morning in court.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes