Sentence examples for make disappointing from inspiring English sources

"In one way, international education benchmarks make disappointing reading for the U.S.," he said.

THERE is a school of thought, and I'm enrolled in it, which says that juried shows make disappointing viewing.

Hard-core performers are naturalists who make disappointing albums, but onstage become nearly transparent: their physical bodies become subordinate to the music inside their heads.

The details of the latest report will make disappointing reading for the government as it bids to get housebuilding going to address a chronic shortage of housing in the UK.

Even as Mr. Cuomo worked to raise assessments of his electoral chances, his camp was dampening expectations for his fund-raising -- a time-honored practice in politics that is meant to make large sums look more impressive, and make disappointing ones seem like no less than what was expected.

New international league tables on education are expected to make disappointing reading for many British parents.

Two new issues made disappointing debuts.

Stocks dropped yesterday after Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, made disappointing comments about the economy and investors worried about bioterrorism attacks.

The government's recently published list of 178 now-permitted lines of self-employment makes disappointing reading for those who hope for radical reform.

[C6.] Stocks Fall on Greenspan Remarks Stocks dropped after Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, made disappointing comments about the economy and investors worried about bioterrorism.

James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, told a British newspaper that Africans' intelligence was "not really" equal to "ours", and implied that black people made disappointing employees.