Arabic speakers are often dismayed to discover that the same principle is less common in English.
Whenever I get sick or injured, I am dismayed to discover how little control I have of my life.
He was further dismayed to discover that his charges were an unruly, disruptive group of 15-year-olds who stood cockily on the threshold of adulthood.
I am especially dismayed to discover that a mandatory success rate of 70% applies in asylum appeals where people's lives are at stake.
The Young King is dismayed to discover that his subjects have toiled severely — and even died — in order to manufacture his golden raiments, yet when he tries to assume a humbler guise the kingdom revolts against him.
Leonora hasn't seen Clare in 10 years, and is dismayed to discover that her old BFF, the prettiest, most popular and most manipulative girl in the class, has never really managed to leave the playground behind.
They are therefore surprised to learn that he is in fact his party's kingmaker in Brooklyn, one of the largest Democratic county organisations in the country—and dismayed to discover that he is a central figure in a big investigation into judicial corruption.Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, launched the investigation into the judges last year.
Arnaldo Jabor, a Brazilian director and critic who has made film versions of "All Nudity Shall Be Punished" and "The Wedding" (both available on video in the United States), thinks that Mr. Rodrigues, the eternal and habitual contrarian, would therefore be amused and perhaps even dismayed to discover how much his reputation has soared since his death.
1 A.M. (Showtime 2) TAKE THIS WALTZ (2012) Margot, a young wife (Michelle Williams, above) in Toronto, finds herself attracted to a stranger (Luke Kirby) on a trip to Nova Scotia and is dismayed to discover, after sitting together on the flight home and sharing a cab from the airport, that he lives across the street from the charming row house she shares with her husband (Seth Rogen).
