Sentence examples for measures of disappointment from inspiring English sources

He looked up at me when I walked in and said by way of greeting "You!" and managed to invest the word with equal measures of disappointment, accusation, and surprise.

They are always followed by some measure of disappointment.

This information, conveyed as each newcomer joined the crowd, elicited murmurs of dismay and also – there was no mistaking it – a measure of disappointment.

Bummed by the fact that programs inexcusably ran out — come on, Carnegie Hall — people went to their seats braced for a measure of disappointment.

While @TheAnonMessage expressed a measure of disappointment ("Damn, we wanted to test that website crasher," they wrote), they were also quick to declare victory.

But she can't hide a measure of disappointment as well and fears that Ukraine's politicians have not learned the lessons of the protest movement.

Mr. Corzine will have on his media team Bob Shrum -- whose immense success in Senate campaigns has been countered by an equal measure of disappointment in presidential races over the years.

Though 800 spectators showed up for the final judging on Sunday, there was a measure of disappointment in the pizzeria that more people did not stop in for a slice or an espresso, and that the glitz was largely confined to the theater itself.

Future generations will have to either clean up this mess or resign themselves to living in a country with a skill set restricted to serving up hamburgers.Virginia Benton Morris Carol Stream, IllinoisRich man, poor man* SIR – I must confess some measure of disappointment in your placid acceptance of Barack Obama's definition of "the rich" ("What now for Obamacare?", August 1st).

As a measure of its disappointment, the United Nations announced after the vote that it was closing the office of its peace envoy here.

Mrs. Obama's family found it, but not without outsize measures of adversity and disappointment along the way.