All 14 Uses of
dismay
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Why, we were dismayed by this bad news!†
Chpt 1
- But their expressions had fallen in slow motion from joy to confusion to dismay.†
Chpt 1dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- So they merely dressed up as Roman guards, standing around the tomb laughing with pagan satisfaction because they'd managed to kill God, and then in the second act, leaping about, showing great dismay to find the stone rolled back.†
Chpt 1
- To my dismay, they did not.†
Chpt 2
- Oh, it rains, it pours, Noah himself would be dismayed.
Chpt 2 *dismayed = saddened, worried, or discouraged
- His seriousness dismayed me.†
Chpt 3
- As we watched in dismay I remember thinking I should pay attention to where the buttons fell, so I could help her sew them back on later.†
Chpt 4dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- I can't dare say I loved the others less, but my first three were all babies at once, and motherhood dismayed me entirely.†
Chpt 5
- A third possibility, then: dismayed by the failure of our Jesus to protect us, they opted to steer clear.†
Chpt 5
- The sisters registered their dismay, crossed themselves, and hurried back to bed.†
Chpt 5dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- Elisabet looked at me with dismay.†
Chpt 5
- Now I understand his dismay.†
Chpt 5
- The priests were dismayed to learn the Kongo already had their own Bible.†
Chpt 6
- Impressed as they were with the Kingdom of Kongo, the Europeans were dismayed to find no commodity agriculture here.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising