Quayle, who was director, star and patron, had every reason to feel dismayed: Burton got in his light.

Once again there was a pause during which he had time to feel dismayed by his own boldness.

Snubby blew down at himself, feeling rather dismayed to see his coating of dirt.

But at the 197-year-old academy today, anyone who felt dismayed by Miss Baker's appointment was keeping his public feelings to himself.

And yet why should she feel dismayed?

The children stared at one another, feeling sorry and dismayed.

There were people who felt dismayed by Clinton, yet drew a line between the man's personal failings and his public successes.

He had never felt so lonely and dismayed.

She should have felt dismayed, she knew, and frightened.

Of course it was your project - you are perfectly entitled to feel dismayed.