Sentence examples for be dismayed at from inspiring English sources

Craig Breighner, New Oxford, Penn.: We should only be dismayed at proposed immigration legislation as a departure from democratic ideals if we overlook — and I don't think I'm saying this too cynically — a not-so-well-articulated pillar of the Bush doctrine of "democracy is for other people".

You may admire, tolerate or be dismayed at people for qualities or behaviors they display.

Should we not pray for the ability to be shocked at atrocities committed by humanity, for the capacity to be dismayed at our inability to be dismayed?

Ordinary, decent Serbians would be dismayed at what Mr. Milosevic was doing there, he said.

Promoters of highway safety may be dismayed at all this disputation.

You may be dismayed at the lack of benign, blissful love in there, as opposed to the fiercely instinctive kind.

Many Labor supporters were dismayed at the asylum policy compromise.

Executives say they are dismayed at being penalized for faults in the government licensing process.

"I'm dismayed at this attempt to tarnish the hub and its researchers," director Brendan Wintle said.

The Christian Brothers apologised in 1998 but victims were dismayed at its half-heartedness.

Borgnine's character is dismayed at what he takes to be the treachery of a former colleague.