Sentence examples for be dismaying from inspiring English sources
verb
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
But shopping for one proved to be dismaying.
The "God particle" is discovered, but its energy state turns out to be dismaying.
It would be dismaying if this was the stumbling block to wider recognition.
Given the country's need for alternative energy sources — and the administration's commitment to promoting them — it would be dismaying if he did not give the go-ahead.
It would be dismaying if any affiliates should choose to disengage now because of secondary differences which could easily be resolved.
One day, when Mr. Cunningham dies, it may be dismaying to observe how these people (or their successors) govern his artistic estate.
His mother would be dismayed.
Mourinho, too, will be dismayed.
Some Dickens aficionados will be dismayed.
But some have read enough to be dismayed.
Should we be dismayed by this?
