Sentence examples for of consternation that from inspiring English sources

And his face is twisted into an expression of consternation that makes him look less like the handsome actor than a fun house dummy being retired to a dusty back room.

The shock only redoubled when Biles fell off the beam in the third rotation, prompting a look of consternation that not even her outstanding performances on the uneven bars and floor exercise could fully erase.

Such has been the magnitude and depth of consternation that a return to business-as-usual will, for many, be unacceptable.

Part of the fear, anxiety and consternation that seem to dog us every day now around the issues of the economy, this goofy war in Iraq, and the prospects of a sharply divided society all come back to a favorite theme of mine: the difference between independence and freedom.

Leonardo tells the story of the consternation that this statement caused to the twelve followers of Jesus.

Police said that they were aware of the consternation that their strong presence has elicited among some protesters but that it was necessary.

The industry has reacted with the kind of flustered consternation that the White House might display if Richard A. Clarke showed up at a Rose Garden tea party.

It is actually a point of some consternation that I do feel the need to state this because, quite frankly, what I do or do not believe is my own business.

John Springford, an expert on immigration at the Center for European Reform, based in London, said that while immigration had been initially welcomed by European policy makers as a means to offset Europe's aging population, the economic downturn in Britain and elsewhere after the financial crisis of 2008 had spread consternation that immigrants were taking away scarce jobs.

Reviewing for Adventure Gamers, Evan Dickens felt that the puzzles took "a bit of thought and consideration, but never to a point of consternation", believing that the low difficulty was intended by Telltale to allow players to "proceed through the story with minimum frustration".

So it was with surprise and consternation that Jean White, chairman of the State Senate Finance Committee, learned from a reporter that the Department of Transportation had spent about $41,000 to put in a professional-quality video studio at its headquarters in Concord.