"without dismay" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in standard written English.
You can use it to describe an attitude towards something, implying that the person is not surprised or disturbed by it. For example: "He checked the test results without dismay; he already knew he had done well."
Attendance has indeed climbed at the de Young, but not without some dismay that the institution is favoring "fluff over fine arts," as Kenneth Baker, the San Francisco Chronicle art critic, wrote in 2007.
There is some evidence that Foster was part of an abolitionist movement, and he may have thought he was giving voice to a voiceless populace by writing minstrel songs, but to the modern ear it is impossible to listen to most of these songs without being dismayed by racist sentiment and slurs.
The one really strong stance Romney took during the primaries (illegal immigrants should be forced into "self-deportation") he has already walked back as much as he thinks he can get away with, without howls of dismay arising from hardline Republicans.
Calmly, without apparent anger or dismay, Mr. Bradley simply replied, "That won't help me".
But human rights groups, which have generally opposed military commissions and detention without trial, reacted with dismay.
Foofu, another app, enables finger painting on simulated frosted glass, a pastime that many readers may remember doing, to the dismay of parents, without the benefit of electronics.
You also can't read it without shaking your head in dismay: Even as innocent Madoff victims are being sued to pay back other innocent Madoff victims, the enabling banks get to walk away.
Or am I?" Tugging at fans' heartstrings has become a regular entertainment for Kirkman, whose comics have a notoriously high body count, but he's not without empathy: he expressed his dismay when, as he was playing the Telltale Games series based on the equally deadly Game of Thrones books, the first episode ended on a cliffhanger.
Such predictions have appeared in the past without being fulfilled – much to the dismay of many women who would like to drive their own cars.
Much to my dismay, she was gone without a trace.
