It all makes for one of the things that most dismays me about public discourse, which is that no one stands up for principle over immediate gratification. |
But I think the thing that really dismays me, beyond even the faulty reasoning or naive grasp of political realities, is how dull it all is. |
But nonsense is now giving way to English, which dismays those who want Europe to remain a bastion of linguistic diversity. |
But his near-irredentist stance dismays those who want to stabilise Moldova, not undermine it. |
The Midwest, however, has largely kept the faith, which dismays observers like Thomas Frank. |
This is the sort of book that sells, which I'm sure dismays some scholarly writers who have not quite gotten used to living in the real world yet. |