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How to use Chagrin in a sentence

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Chagrin seems to me to have nothing to do with raging ambition, though the connection may be clear if you read the sentence in context.
New Hydra air-cooled circulator from IMS, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, can both heat and cool molds without external water, sewer, and cooling tower costs.
Imagine my surprise and chagrin when I realised that I could not hear any music above the din of the rattly old Northern Line train.
Much to my chagrin no such indication appeared, and I handed the candy back to my daughter.
To Eliza's chagrin, she was sent to the office to learn secretarial skills.
She says she always dreamed of becoming an actress but, to her chagrin, opportunity and ambition didn't seem to go hand in hand.
Partick's chagrin, he suggests, might also fail to take into account a number of factors at work in these acquisitions.
Predictions are hazardous business, as all poll pundits will have realised to their chagrin this month.
I think, you know, I've been very open in the past, and a little bit to my own chagrin.
At the mention of Vannington, the look changed to chagrin and embarrassment.
The pigeons, probably well used to such manoeuvres, took off timely, to the chagrin of their destructors.
To the chagrin of his coworkers, Pace commits to delivering 40 high-priced cars to a South American gangster with only a few days to spare.
Now it is becoming a festival of Mammon, much to the chagrin of the religious.
But to Thayer's chagrin, the movie meets with a chilly reception from critics and public alike.
Imagine my amazement and chagrin when I saw the statue and surroundings in such a state of neglect.
Much to my horror and chagrin, I had neglected to follow this instruction, and before long found myself with a radio in my hotel room.
To my chagrin, I notice that the two sets of documents are cross-referenced.
The president has expressed his support for amnesty on some occasions for illegals, much to the chagrin of many in the party.
Much her chagrin she saw that through the ravages of time it was pitted with holes, some small others rather large.
And to the chagrin of Danish film boosters and patriots, they all turned out to be relative flops.
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I accosted him, when, to my chagrin and disappointment, he was a white man.
Nor was there in this her conclusion anything of chagrin, or pettish self-humiliation.
Yet, despite his chagrin, he realized that he could not send her from him forthwith.
On the morrow morning, Roland, so long steeped to the lips in disgust and chagrin, sends in his demission.
To our mutual chagrin we met at the appointed rendezvous all of us empty-handed.
The chagrin of his rival was to pay for all the inconvenience which he incurred himself.
Indeed, the most violent emotion to which he was sensible was one of chagrin over his own infatuate myopia.
He began to suffocate with chagrin, and hurried his steps in sheer distress.
A man honestly doing his very best with his poor kaisership, and dying of chagrin by it.
And of all the faces, expressive of chagrin, those of the Americans were preeminent.
He fell back a pace to the railing, his features working with his deep chagrin.
Many were the complaints below, and great the chagrin of the head cook at her failures.
When I looked again to horror was added chagrin, for with the emerging of the U-boat I had recognized her as a product of our own shipyard.
To the great chagrin of Reactionists, it has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood.
Anger, surprise and chagrin swept the elfish face of the French girl.
Lennon took it as a foretaste of what was to come and masked his chagrin.
To garnet's chagrin the Irish gentleman and his daughter also rose.
But he must conceal his chagrin, and assume the smile of gayety.
General Jacot was too well bred to show in any way the chagrin and disappointment he felt in the summary manner in which Lord Greystoke had dismissed the subject of his call.
Nothing could equal the chagrin of Fitzpatrick and Bridger at being dogged by their inexperienced rivals, especially after their offer to divide the country with them.
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