Sentence examples for dismayed to read the from inspiring English sources

To the Editor: I was dismayed to read the most recent attack on Peter Sellars by Donal Henahan.

As an environmental-science and public-policy professor, I was dismayed to read the false choice that Franzen presents, between conservation and efforts to combat climate change.

We were dismayed to read the other day that 9 years ago the law-enforcement agency, by its own admission, planted a rumor about the movie actress Jean Seberg with a Hollywood gossip columnist.

I consider myself neither a nutrition radical nor a "health nut," but I was dismayed to read the ways in which our food is being tampered with by "food scientists" (Business Day, Aug. 11).

I am dismayed to read the series of negative letters relative to DeBell golf course ("DeBell is great, but so are services," June 21).

He gains access to highly classified documents on a secure computer system, and is shocked and dismayed to read the documents, which provide details of the final colonization of the planet by alien forces.

I was dismayed to read that reporters for Al Jazeera, the Arabic-language satellite television channel, were unable to find American officials willing to speak on their network about the counterterrorist actions in Afghanistan.

At the same time, I'm dismayed to read that management will not take any responsibility for the mess that has been left behind.

(Mind, May 6): As a college professor, I was dismayed to read that students who exaggerate their academic success show the physiological traits of relaxation, and that such lying is interpreted as positive thinking and a useful tool to improving school performance.

Re "Inflating the Software Report Card" ("Grading the Digital School" series, front page, Oct. 9): I was dismayed to read that cash-strapped schools have rushed to spend money on new educational software and technology without evidence that it is an effective aid to teaching and learning.

I was dismayed to read this article during this particular week, in which I am required, as a self-employed professional, to write a check representing a substantial portion of my income for my quarterly estimated income tax payment.