dismayingly
- a word derived from dismay.
Example Sentences
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But even if we consider just that one category, the news is dismayingly grim.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Despite all the pain and suffering inflicted during the pandemic, vaccine acceptance remains dismayingly low, experts say.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023
A few weeks ago I watched Antonioni’s “L’Avventura,” a landmark we said in 1960, but dismayingly prim now, with the inescapable discovery that the radiant Monica Vitti could not act very well.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2020
Banksy’s juvenile, notably British stance satisfies a dismayingly common belief that all artists are con artists, and that museums, collectors and critics are either dupes or hustlers.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2019
Life on Earth, you see, is not only brief but dismayingly tenuous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
