Sentence examples for chagrin from from inspiring English sources

Blokey idiocy is the thermal mass that keeps the gambling industry's house warm, so women exist on Planet Ladbrokes only as providers of beverages, sexual favours or, if the lads are particularly unlucky, some eye-rolling chagrin from the missus.

But not to be put off, Francis delved into this topic and more, drawing both cheers and chagrin from lawmakers as the speech unfolded and he bit into the sticky subjects of abortion, the death penalty, the climate, and immigration.

However, this effort was driving the province close to bankruptcy, and in 1923 Greenfield announced an end to the handouts (the bill authorizing the last of these was a source of chagrin for MLAs from all parties, both because it marked the end of direct assistance for farmers and because the last of the assistance was itself so expensive).

But what about "chagrin", derived from the Turkish for roughened leather, or scaly sharkskin.

The chagrin derives from the dispiriting reflection that the chance to see five Shakespeare plays in rep is virtually unheard of in this, the country's theatrical capital.

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Their collective chagrin stems from the sweeping tax overhaul President Obama signed Dec. 17.

Did she expire from chagrin on the coffin of her only son, like Leda Gys in "Figli di Nessuno"?

He took up with communism, "from chagrin", he used to explain, "at not getting into the Eton cricket XI".

To the chagrin of those from the lower House of Congress, the hated Senate has been a more promising route for vice presidents, from J. Danforth Quayle to Al Gore to Joseph R. Biden Jr.