Sentence examples for outright dismay from inspiring English sources

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Democrats, however, expressed outright dismay that Mr. Rowland chose not to address their desire to publicly finance and limit campaign spending.

When the woman looked into the camera to announce this final oversight, she had an expression of outright dismay, coupled with a smidgen of "can you believe what they're asking for this dump?" I almost expected her to laugh; it was that ludicrous.

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He missed a makeable birdie putt on sixteen and a putt on eighteen to win the tournament outright, to the dismay of the fans standing behind him.

In this case though, it did not seem that the council's dismay would escalate into outright hostility or worse.

We've got to stop glossing over the issue of racism with shock and dismay at the myriad of occurrences or outright denial.

Though Mr Mbeki refuses to condemn Mr Mugabe outright, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) says it is "deeply dismayed by the actions of the government of Zimbabwe, which is riding roughshod over the hard-won democratic rights of the people of that country".

It re-formed as the People's Power Party (PPP) and, to the generals' dismay, won far more seats than any other party in the election, just shy of an outright majority.

Bread tastes of dismay.

Then, dismay.

"Outright fallacy.

"Outright lying"?

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