Sentence examples for if dismayed from inspiring English sources

I confess to a grim, if dismayed, fascination with the practice of censorship, which I can date to the appearance, in the Times, of an Op-Ed piece in 1982, "A Censor Confesses," which a preface describes as "excerpts from an interview with a former Polish censor, identified as K-62, that appeared in May 1981 in a Solidarity weekly".

So in this instance, Hills asks his entire front row, one after another, for their line of work, and when "project assistant" follows "account manager" follows "brand consultant" (I paraphrase), he reacts as if dismayed that no one has a job he can possibly mine for humour.

If Mr. Fry dismayed local vintners who, he thinks, tout terroir without good reason, he pleased them by surmising that a broad style may be emerging in the 35-year-old region.

If that did happen, that's quite shocking, I'm dismayed if it's the case … quite unbelievable really that a newspaper should go to those lengths.

He would be sad if only people who want to mock modern art apply, and dismayed if only those who want to rant their prejudices get through.

Once, after too much wine, I asked him if he had ever thought about being unfaithful and he acted completely shocked and dismayed – if I'd pushed the conversation it would have ended, not mended, the marriage.

But if Britain is dismayed, angry and divided, so is the rest of the EU.

REBOUNDS If Brook Lopez was dismayed about being left off the All-Star team, he was diplomatic about it.

Yet Bier's essential task is a serious one, and we should not be surprised, or dismayed, if playfulness eludes her.

(They might be dismayed if reports that MTV's "Real World 27" is seeking Occupy-affiliated cast members turn out to be legitimate).

38% of those polled said "I would be dismayed" if a Conservative government were formed under David Cameron, while 25% said they would be delighted.