I was dismayed by those children coming, but I'm more than glad to have that boy here.
They had not now the spirit of ancient times, when no disparity of force dismayed them.
Dismayed by his threat to go back, Neifkins begged: "Don't quit me like this.
A vague sense of cannibalism was haunting the policeman's mind; he felt almost as dismayed as if he had made a hearty supper off the magistrate's clerk himself.
As for Tyler and his little force, for the moment the Dyaks were dismayed at the swishing bullets and at the patter of twigs and leaves which resulted.
But the insurgents were raw volunteers and seem to have felt more and more dismayedby the menacing attitude of the surrounding population: on the twenty-fifth, in the very hour of victory, they began their retreat.
She arrived home dismayed to find the front room illuminated, but the rattle of the departing taxi brought Mrs. Finnegan to the top of the stairs with a laughing apology.
Claire Robson sat silently, rather surprised and dismayedto find that she and her mother had chosen a table which seemed to be the objective of all the prominent church members.
For a moment he did not know whether to be relieved or dismayed at the prospect of Mrs. Condor for an enemy.
In the name of God our Saviour, Be ye not dismayed nor frighted, Lest of you be shameful legends Chanted by the tongue of minstrels.
But, good my lord, give them a word of comfort, that they may not be wholly dismayed by your anger.
There was a long wait, and when the current next swung him around he was dismayed to see that every one of the monstrous creatures near him was dangling on high two or three men of his helpless crew.
Filled with a new courage they advanced so determinedly that the disconcerted and dismayed Jarmuthians broke and fled in a disastrous, panic-stricken rout back over the plain of Poseidon towards the boiling river.
Powerful as a dark Ares the sable browed Jereboam raged among the dismayed Atlantean hoplites, beating them to earth with terrible ferocity.
He made one desperate effort to spring from the saddle and escape going down into the quarry with the horse, but the pursuers were dismayed to see man and beast disappear into the yawning hole.
Not even Bascomb approached him, for the big plebe was too dismayed to say anything or do anything.
His father was utterly dismayed at the scrape that Benny was in, and accepted all Jennings's statements.
Then bears and wolves from out the forests sprang upon the dismayed knights, devouring them.
The people were sorely dismayed to hear such tidings; nor, when they cast about for help, saw they any man that might be sufficient for such peril, save only Cincinnatus.
In very truth my companions and myself were dismayed when we saw King Arthur face to face, and my fear is that you have made a rod for your own back, for his intention is to become lord over this empire.
We wanted to ask directions about the road," said Fred, a little dismayed by the fellow's surly manner.
But the wild and unruly spirit the young beast had shown that morning had so dismayed them, that they flatly refused to comply; begging him not to think of attempting it, as it would be at the risk of life or limb.
How many teachers are so prodigal of the attention given at the beginning that toward the close, dismayed at the listlessness, they forget ungratefully their initial capital of bright eyes and eager ears!
Even Lincoln's stout heart would have been dismayed if he could have foreseen all that lay before him.
She made no effort to save the pretty wreath; his furious violence dismayed her and made her mute.
Mark looked aghast; the grandeur of the whole affair dismayed him; while Doris stepped into the carriage with the dainty air and grace of one who had always been accustomed to such luxuries.
Then the task before him might well have dismayed a braver man.
He sat on the railing on the sea front of the south coast town where he was quartered, and looked across the Channel in dismayed apprehension.
Dismayed and pitiful, the boy longed to comfort that good man who had fallen into the habit of sacrificing himself for his country.
Such women as this teacher-mother were not to be dismayedby a small failure like the absence of candles to light her way.
