chagrin的示例

• Tumusiime was taken to court, but to the utter chagrin of parliamentarians he was acquitted of charges of running down the corporation and financial impropriety.

• One supposes one should have done as well as one's peers; and if one has not, one feels shame or chagrin for that failing.

• However, much to the chagrin of these fishermen, within a few years of operation, caused most of these units to become dysfunctional.

• However, there were instances where blood ran thicker than water and the family retained its hold, to the inspector's chagrin.

• Much to the chagrin of the service, these revenues accrued largely to central coffers.

• To the chagrin of their employers, they attempted to make the railway recognize the household needs and obligations of ' big men ' like themselves.

• Both men were chagrined to discover that they had been called to serve with the troupe of comedians.

• Many thousands of workers became mobilized in unions without voting - to the chagrin of union leaders who were interested in electoral influence.

• But the question of verification is not the same as the question of truth, as the positivists themselves discovered to their own chagrin.

• Against this backdrop, it's not surprising that laypeople and scientists alike are fascinated (and often chagrined) by what appear to be lapses in reasoning and weaknesses in conduct.

• Moore's chagrin over the desire to merge with respectable society equals his contempt for middle-class representations that advertised acting as a female profession.

• Too often, public health has been the cinderella service for health authorities, to the chagrin of many of the staff working in those authorities.

• Their chagrin is manifest in all these brutalities; they have stimulated their people to do these things.

• We have no reason to be chagrined at progress of that sort in other countries.

• There is little justice in the 100m qualification as it could lead to an increase in tariffs, much to the chagrin of the small fields.