Should we not pray for the ability to be shocked at atrocities committed by humanity, for the capacity to be dismayed at our inability to be dismayed?
But some have read enough to be dismayed.
Amory, however, is likely to be dismayed by the use that Avedon makes of his advice.
To watch "In the Flesh" is to be dismayed by how many real-world precedents the tale has.
Making matters worse, as is all too evident in Durban, the biggest polluters, America, China and India, are especially unwilling.It is easy to be dismayed by this.
Where the former film is agonized and sullen, the latter is mischievous and restive, daring us to be dismayed by its insolence.
Geographical proximity allowed Chile supporters to travel to Rio in numbers, only to be dismayed at the price and limited availability of tickets to see their team.
The Indian Ministry of Environment is reported to be dismayed by the PM's step, arguing that alternatives to HFCs have still not been found.
When she reports, for example, that the boys are growing marijuana in the basement, she seems more than a little smug in her refusal to be dismayed.
