All 8 Uses of
dismay
in
The Power and the Glory by Cooke
- Now her face dimpled as she remembered the shriek of dismay Laurella sent after her.†
Chpt 2 *
- With a sense of surprise Stoddard saw in his face only dismay and chagrin.†
Chpt 18
- MacPherson gave a whistle of dismay.†
Chpt 20
- The bald head with its little fringe of grizzled curls, bent close to the dark, slant-browed, lustrous-eyed, mutinous countenance; Pap whispered hoarsely for some time, Laurella replying at first in a sort of languid tolerance, but presently with little ejaculations of wonder and dismay.†
Chpt 21
- Johnnie sprang to her feet in dismay, and stood staring a moment.†
Chpt 21
- I forgot you don't know—of course you don't," broke in Johnnie with a sudden dismay in her voice.†
Chpt 23
- Pros Passmore was an optimist, one who never used a strong word to express sorrow or dismay, but he came out of a brown study in which he had muttered, "Blaylock.†
Chpt 23
- The wife ran out and met him before he reached the cabin, and they stood talking together a long time, the lines of both figures somehow expressing dismay; yet when they came in there was a fair welcome in the man's demeanour.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising