disillusioning

• “It is kind of disillusioning to realize that even painterly paintings and other works that are considered entirely novel creations often involved analogous 'tracing' techniques rather than realistic forms just springing onto the canvas from a painter's mind's eye.”

  Archive 2006-08-09

• “disillusioning" to see Republicans who once supported the DREAM Act turn against it in the current climate.”

  FOXNews.com

• “It is important for the nation to know that this past year was a very disillusioning one; the wheels came off of Children First Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education initiative.”

  The Huffington Post: John C. Fager: New York Matters: Mayoral Control and Denial

• “In Cairo, the disillusioning experience of the Menzies delegation was grinding to a halt.”

  Simon & Schuster: Eisenhower 1956

• “The Baghdad Pact, announced in January 1955, had come “as a severe disillusioning surprise” and he perceived it as a strategy “designed to isolate Egypt.””

  Simon & Schuster: Eisenhower 1956

• “I realize that this line of thought is, perhaps, too confusing and too disillusioning.”

  The Huffington Post: Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: American Am-ness

• “Or was the key disillusioning event the collapse of Communism itself?”

  Belief in Communism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “It's quite disillusioning when something really bad happens, like divorce or betrayal, but the real failure would be to let this kill our optimism and belief in life.”

  The Huffington Post: Alison Patton: Lessons Learned From Boiled Frogs

• “With this disillusioning assignment behind him, Harry can't shake the feeling he was missing something down in Florida.”

  The Huffington Post: John Farr: Two Passing Greats: A Tribute to Arthur Penn and Tony Curtis

• “That flight was entertaining and disillusioning all at once.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The White-Haired 'Terrorist' in Seat 8B

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