Sentence examples for silent dismay from inspiring English sources

Paris is a city that carries its own wounds and marks of violence, and the catastrophe of Sept. 11 in New York was considered here at first with silent dismay, mute empathy and speechless panic.

He was a stockbroker, and might have remained one his whole life were it not for the Paris Bourse crash of 1882 – an epoch-defining economic disaster that Emile Zola, in his novel L'Argent, describes as "one of those terrible shocks that make a whole city totter … In silent dismay folks listened to these repeated falls, and asked when the ruin would stop".

The animated sequences saw Wallace modify or destroy various musical instruments, to the silent dismay of his loyal hound.

Activists have criticized Obama for staying silent and were dismayed when the Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, released a short statement saying she believed "all voices should be heard and all views considered in federal infrastructure projects".

The United States, Great Britain and France remained virtually silent on the issue, to the dismay of human rights groups.

The rest apparently stayed silent, or, according to Ms. Ahmad, shook their heads "in dismay".

The Talmud is silent on the question of mezuzah design, and, to Pennoyer's dismay, contemporary venders seemed inclined toward kitsch.

Keynesian-like policies were adopted by Sweden and Germany, but Sweden was seen as too small to command much attention, and Keynes was deliberately silent about the successful efforts of Germany as he was dismayed by their imperialist ambitions and their treatment of Jews.

But after the readings and the hymns, the silent prayers and the words of wisdom from Father Hoye, some privately expressed their dismay at the church leadership.

Still, customers are dismayed.

She spends most of the play bedbound and silent, listening to Mr. Gets deliver Kemp's pitiful, pitiless monologues, alternating expressions of polite interest, disapproval, dismay and occasionally fear.