Sentence examples for dismaying form from inspiring English sources

For Nasira (Francis Benhamou), a Syrian-born Muslim, future connubial bliss has taken the dismaying form of a hirsute hopeful from the homeland.

"Starbucks also refers to its employees as partners, which really is sort of Orwellian," says Mr. Gross, who is not just a terminally disgruntled barista, but a relentlessly on-message mouthpiece for insurgent baristas at the Starbucks on Madison Avenue at 36th Street who have, to the company's dismay, formed a single-shop union.

France's president, Jacques Chirac, has called for a United Nations ultimatum to Iraq, but in a form that dismays the Bush administration.

The results were dismaying.

"It's becoming really dismaying.

Bizarre – and somewhat dismaying.

The precedents were dismaying.

The numbers are dismaying.

Dismaying statistics and disheartening stories.

This is a dismaying situation for a biologist.

Chris Thomson, principal of Brighton, Hove and Sussex sixth form college What dismays me is the emphasis on qualifications rather than education.