dismayed

• The timing of these announcements has left vehiclemakers somewhat dismayed, as they came after most companies had already submitted their eco-car investment proposals. —  Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com
• The crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium couldn't have been more dismayed, the home team seemingly put away in front of the school's third-largest fan base to ever see a game (45,599).
• It wasn't the fact that he once again dodged my dissatisfaction with the Pakistan issue that left me dismayed -- I've become quite used to it at this point; it was the fact that I clearly heard an aide mutter the line to him before he delivered it before me and my captive audience. —  Free Democracy
• I was a little dismayed -- but perhaps should not have been surprised, given the sort of coverage the new President has received in the U.S. press -- to read this observation from Mr. Baron. —  The Shotgun
• "I think that she would be shocked and dismayed -- and I would think she would also be concerned about her safety," she contends. —  Dakota Voice

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