Sentence examples for initial dismay from inspiring English sources

Walter's initial dismay and irritation gives way to an instinctive flicker of compassion, and he invites the couple to stay, at least for a short while.

And populism can intuit its way to conclusions that intellectuals may not reach — as Reagan did, to Buckley's initial dismay, in his second-term negotiations with Mikhail Gorbachev.

By that time the Allies had recovered from their initial dismay, and French reserves were coming up to the British line.

Then, initial dismay was followed by the installation of medium-range missiles in Europe and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.

And yet... Once, he had mastered his initial dismay, Johnson might have enjoyed Jonathan Bate's John Clare: A Biography (Picador), if only for the cautionary tale it offers about the dangers of metropolitan literary fame.

Mrs M Snr, meanwhile, is coeliac and asks for a bunless burger – it comes most definitely inside a bun, but despite initial dismay it turns out that the kitchen made it gluten-free, so full marks for effort.

Some of the happiest times with Clement were when Emma and I would go for dinner with him and Jill in the kitchen at their flat, where he would serve up any number of dishes – always calculated to cause initial dismay, followed by intense delight as the unpromising ingredients, weirdly cooked, turned out to taste fabulous.

To the initial dismay of the crew, Raynor agrees.