Sample sentences for CONSTERNATION

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Definition

dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) — typically over something unexpected

Much to the consternation of Congress, raising the tax decreased tax collections as manufacturers moved to other countries.

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

She is a natural athlete, but to the coaches consternation, she tends to forget the play in the heat of the moment.

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

Alice's face showed no sign of concern, no hint of the consternation that had been plaguing her since the masquerade.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

consternation = unhappiness and worry

To my consternation, I found that I couldn't.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

He could imagine the consternation upstairs in the control room, as they began to realize what had happened.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

We stood looking up at it, four looks of consternation, one of excitement.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

The tent, illumined by a candle, glowed warmly in the midst of the white plain; and when he, as a matter of course, entered it, both Perrault and Francois bombarded him with curses and cooking utensils, till he recovered from his consternation and fled ignominiously into the outer cold.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild

consternation = worry and confusion

There were many Frobishers and Frobyshers, and several Pettyfers, all in various states of upset and consternation.
Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

There was a crashing knock on the outer door. The three women's eyes met in consternation.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

consternation = unhappiness and worry

Louie saw another headline that said the bomber had FLED IN CONSTERNATION.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

Paul looked at his father-in-law in consternation.
Mina Baites -- The Silver Music Box

consternation = unhappiness and worry

This phase filled the old lady's heart with consternation.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

consternation = unhappiness and worry

He thought the tone of shock in my voice was really consternation.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

consternation = dismay or worry

But, besides, I could not bring myself to disclose a secret which would fill my hearer with consternation and make fear and unnatural horror the inmates of his breast.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

consternation = unhappiness and worry

He then handed her in, Maria followed, and the door was on the point of being closed, when he suddenly reminded them, with some consternation, that they had hitherto forgotten to leave any message for the ladies at Rosings.
Jane Austen -- Pride and Prejudice

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

They were still looking at him with consternation and unbelief when...
William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

consternation = dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) — typically over something unexpected

You must not think any more about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me.
Henrik Ibsen -- A Doll's House

consternation = dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) — typically over something unexpected

"They know each other well, indeed," replied Hester, with a mien of calmness, though in the utmost consternation.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)

consternation = dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) — typically over something unexpected

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