All 17 Uses
dismay
in
Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini
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- To his dismay, he saw several hundred horsemen pouring out of the city, their brightly colored pennants snapping in the wind as they assembled in a broad formation before the black maw of the open gateway.†
Chpt 18dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- To Eragon's dismay, Blodhgarm pressed on, saying, Then do not blame us for failing to fulfill what are your responsibilities, not ours, Old One.†
Chpt 24 *
- To Eragon's dismay, the file did not seem to be leaving a mark on the chain.†
Chpt 29
- The presence of the soldiers dismayed Eragon, but he was even more dismayed to see that the city's defenders had piled a huge mound of rubble against the inside of the gates, to keep the Varden from battering them in.†
Chpt 34
- The presence of the soldiers dismayed Eragon, but he was even more dismayed to see that the city's defenders had piled a huge mound of rubble against the inside of the gates, to keep the Varden from battering them in.†
Chpt 34
- They're going to be frightened and dismayed once you tell them about Nasuada.†
Chpt 41
- When we arrived at Ilirea, we were dismayed to find that few of our order were still there; in our absence, more had left to search for Galbatorix or to consult with Vrael in person on Vroengard.†
Chpt 44
- No, but like the Fanghur, they often use the power of their minds to incapacitate their prey, which more than one dragon has discovered to their dismay.†
Chpt 47dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- The soldiers uttered exclamations of dismay when they entered the Hall of the Soothsayer and saw what she had done to her jailer.†
Chpt 48
- To Eragon's dismay, Glaedr said, They are unknown to me.†
Chpt 50
- Dismay crept through Eragon as he gazed up at the Rock of Kuthian.†
Chpt 51
- Roran had never heard of Barst before, but the information seemed to dismay Jormundur, and the men in Roran's battalion had shared enough stories to persuade him of Barst's villainy.†
Chpt 58
- How big is her Eragon wondered, dismayed.†
Chpt 61
- Dismay swept through Eragon.†
Chpt 64dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
- At that, Eragon realized that Murtagh had been telling the truth earlier, and he felt a sense of dismay.†
Chpt 68
- Also, he was dismayed to learn that Arya had departed for Ellesmera, along with Dathedr and many of the other high elf lords, and that she had taken with her the green dragon egg they had found in the citadel.†
Chpt 73
- As he expected, Katrina and Roran reacted with dismay and tried to convince him to change his mind.†
Chpt 76dismay = sadness, disappointment, or worry
Definitions:
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(1)
(dismay) to feel sadness, disappointment, or worry -- typically in response to something surprising
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)