We were filled with dismay as we watched the water pour down the walls. From LearnThat.org.
I don't see the word dismay anywhere in the quotes. From Wordnik.com. [Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed] Reference
Stations in dismay, when ratings came their way. From Wordnik.com. [David Lee Roth: Amtrak FM « BuzzMachine] Reference
Much of the rest of the world looks on in dismay as well. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » What Tea Parties Hath Wrought] Reference
I shrieked in dismay, as I remembered that a favourite white. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters] Reference
Trees quaking in dismay at the terrible beauty of the sublime. From Wordnik.com. [On the Sublime] Reference
With such zeal, &c. Ye Tyrants of France, hide your heads in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Britain's Triumph, Or the Dutch Well Dressed] Reference
Most of the bystanders fled in dismay, the women and children shrieking. From Wordnik.com. [Best. Prank. Ever.] Reference
I watch in dismay as my country (America) goes down the path of despotism. From Wordnik.com. [Victim sues RIAA under RICO Act] Reference
But the rest of the world shakes their head in dismay with such a useless philosopy. From Wordnik.com. [Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
And yet you liberals stare in dismay every time the republicans win another election. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rapid Response: Deconstructing the “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq”] Reference
Which I discovered to my dismay, is a highly sought after book, and is very expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers & Strawberries » The Chinese Cookbook Project] Reference
This is what drove me, in dismay, out of the ranks of the post-humanitarian liberal side. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Cindy, « BuzzMachine] Reference
I get fed up quickly with books whose heroines gasp in dismay or are too perfect to be true. From Wordnik.com. [December Comfort « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
"Then what will become of him?" exclaimed Bruce, forgetting all caution in dismay for his friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
I took my car in dismay and drove to the coast, wondering along the road what could have happened. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Punctuality] Reference
For one moment Ellen stood still in dismay; then slowly undressed, dressed again, and went down stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
He shook his head in dismay as he reflected that he had once been an athlete with a hard muscular body. From Wordnik.com. [When Time Was Young] Reference
"Why, Lloyd Sherman!" gasped her mother, in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Colonel] Reference
Mother Van Hove struck her hands together in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Twins] Reference
"She accuses herself," said the magistrate, in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
"The bed has only three feet!" she exclaimed in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry Hearts] Reference
"Will they take all my things away?" cried Maud, in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
Basil depicts in lively terms the dismay and dejection of Caesarea. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
As I finished reading the letter aloud, I looked at Aggie in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Tish] Reference
Who can, even now, recall the dismay of that moment without feelings of alarm?. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Glory of a Church. A Dedication Sermon, Preached in Fayetteville, North-Carolina, at the Opening of the Presbyterian Church, Which Was Destroyed by Fire in the Conflagration of the Town on the 29th of May, 1831, and Re-built and Dedicated August 12th, 1832. To Which Is Appended an Acount [sic] of the Destruction of Fayettevil[le]] Reference
Mingled with his dismay was a strange pang of personal regret and disappointment. From Wordnik.com. [Kilmeny of the Orchard] Reference
Judith was not in, but Salome dropped her crochet-work and gazed at him in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
"Forgive me!" she said in dismay; "I hurt you terribly; I have suffered so myself!. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana] Reference
Adding to their dismay will be the fact the Blues avoid two-time champions the Bulls. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
"But," said Sita in dismay, "I promise faithfully to come to the hospital if I am ill. From Wordnik.com. [Love and Life Behind the Purdah] Reference
Before the terrors of such a scene the enemies are confounded and overthrown in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Sandy opened the bottle of wine, which Ben saw to his dismay was a supermarket Riesling. From Wordnik.com. [Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories]
If your father heard you, he would turn us all to the door, said Mrs. Douglas, in dismay. From Wordnik.com. [Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago] Reference
"she said in dismay," do you judge her without mercy? will you abandon her as her aunt has?. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana] Reference
The language of astonishment, that an army so well equipped should be driven back in "dismay.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
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