Sentence examples for mutual dismay from inspiring English sources
Nicholas refused to permit the marriage, and to Michael's and Beatrice's mutual dismay, their romance ended.
Alexander Waugh, the grandson of Evelyn, has written a book, "Fathers and Sons" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; $27.50), about the father-son relationships — dramas, often, of mutual incomprehension and dismay — in five successive generations of his family.
Also featured are Senators Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, who were at the time the Republican chairman and the ranking Democrat on the committee, sharing mutual respect and a dismay over the process.
They face a hard task, not least because of competition from Japan Post: thanks to tax privileges, the mammoth post office holds half of households' savings and, to private banks' dismay, now plans to sell mutual funds.More important, although the banks' health has improved, it is still not good.
But members are expected to want reassurance from the board that the society remains financially stable, and are likely to express dismay at the decision to demutualise, following many years of claims that mutual status is best.
Western diplomats expressed dismay.
No such dismay was expressed.
But many reacted with dismay.
