John considered this a disappointingly small response; he had hoped for greater loyalty from his own men.

The sofa bed where Evan was to sleep was disappointingly small - a cot, really.

To Garion the tiny cluster of gray stone houses with slate roofs seemed disappointingly small.

Haig-Thomas had shot two nyala, both with disappointingly small horns.

Success is its own excuse; nevertheless the jackpot appears to be disappointingly small.

He had spent most of the last three days going over possibilities and the list was disappointingly small.

She made a motion with her carved hands to suggest that her husband was disappointingly small.

To Niall, it looked disappointingly small, hardly more than a toy.

As a result, many taxpayers may discover the refunds they have come to expect are disappointingly small, or, worse, that they owe money.

Cheaper oil may also offer a disappointingly small jolt to the economy.