Consequently, because it is a normatively structured need to the disappointment of which we usually react with indignation, its appropriateness can always be questioned by reference to the reasons available to us (Iser 2008, 173).
Self-respecting people hold themselves to personal expectations and standards the disappointment of which they would regard as unworthy of them, shameful, even contemptible (although they may not apply these standards to others) (Hill 1982).
Fifth, as I noted above, so-called bad days can trigger in you a number of unpleasant emotions such as frustration and disappointment, all of which can make your bad days even worse.
You get the sense, from Paul's invariably genial analysis, that his political career has been a series of disappointments, most of which seem predictable in retrospect.
This is partly born of the sheer disappointment of Blackpool, which had staked so much on its bid.
The disappointment of "Nancy Drew," which was directed by Andrew Fleming and written by Mr. Fleming and Tiffany Paulsen, is that it trusts neither its heroine nor its audience enough to approach its material with the confidence and conviction that Carolyn Keene, the pseudonymous author of the Nancy Drew books, brought to the franchise.
It will be destroyed by the inevitable disappointments of life, which overwhelm the delusion every generation has that theirs is special.
These responses seem to play right into the hands of the ideal utilitarian: the promise is more binding in the first case because of the greater value at stake and in the second case because the expectation and the disappointment are greater, all of which are goods of the sort that the ideal utilitarian claims we need to balance in deciding what we ought all things considered to do.
And despite coming off a large victory in West Virginia, and anticipating success in Kentucky on Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton's campaign in recent days has encountered a series of disappointments, not the least of which was the endorsement of Mr. Obama by the influential women's group Naral Pro-Choice America.
The sense of an impending sensation slowly drips away like mince fat down the drain and all we're left with is that horrible weighty feeling of disappointment which clings to the roof of our mouths like so much nougat.
Though mindful of the possibility of downside risks – UBS highlighted recent reports of disruption in the supply chain – it reckons that Halfords should be able to "offset any top line disappointment with cost savings, £4m of which are expected to be delivered this year as a result of the distribution chain reorganisation".
