1769 examples of dismay in sentences

" Pausing not to see whether the equally overwhelmed old lawyer followed him, the horribly astounded Gospeler burst precipitately from the house in wild dismay, and was presently hurrying past the pauper burial-ground.

Acton was leading the rush; he dashed through the garden doorway, and then stopped dead with an exclamation of dismay.

The boys were hastily putting on their clothes, when Mugford, who had just thrown aside a dirty collar, gave vent to an exclamation of dismay, which attracted the attention of his two companions.

I was just about to make a quick descent, hoping to get past that and other awkward points unnoticed, when to my dismay I became aware that the people whom I had thought safely settled in the room below had come out and were beginning to mount the topmost flight of stairs.

Needless to say Henshaw soon found out our retreat, and to my dismay appeared there.

To my intense annoyance and dismay I saw him come into the ballroom with all the hateful assurance that was so familiar to me.

" "Professor Trenton coming here in August!" cried Mrs. Everidge in dismay.

The culprit sprang up speechless with dismay, enraged at the loss of the food he was hungry forenraged at "the fool fry-pan"enraged at the fool Colonel for balancing it so badly.

Such a force as this new one of Carleton's was expected to dismay the rebel colonies.

Also like his brother he was inclined to reduce his duty dances to a minimum, much to Lady Dorchester's dismay.

But here she stopped in great dismay, for it seemed that she had thus answered her own longing and prayer.

Just as he had finished making it and had pushed one end of the wire through, the telephone bell rang, and Jane in dismay sprang to answer it.

Even London was in dismay.

At the first Battle of Philippi, the young Octavius came near being killed or captured, in consequence of the success of Brutus's attack, which had the effect of throwing his men into utter confusion, so that they fled in dismay.

If this sudden revolution took all Italy by surprise, we can understand the dismay of Louis XII., who found that he had all his work to do over again.

You seem to know a great deal about passion, sir; did you ever hear that it can change into loathing?" "You mean" began the judge with a puzzled look, while Mrs. Wilmott recoiled in dismay.

In the fort all was terror and dismay, though the Governor manfully did his duty.

Two men were evidently standing there, and she realized with something like dismay that the way was blocked.

Juliet's eyes contemplated him without a hint of dismay.

As in our former case, in Germany, the sum was too small, which we found to our dismay on reaching Milan.

I had discussed the war with each of these men and from each of them had heard the same expressions of horror and dismay.

Women's laughter, whispers, swift scampers of feet, squeals of dismay made the city murmurous.

But the manhood of Paris as a whole, after the first shudder of dismay, the first agonies of this wrench from the safe, familiar ways of life, rose superbly to the call of la Patrie en danger!

Indeed, Lafayette was in the greatest anxiety and dismay.

The poised blade dropped into the water with a splash; she brought the canoe a trifle nearer to the wharf with an almost imperceptible stroke, and turned toward me with wonder and dismay in her eyes.

1769 examples of  dismay  in sentences