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Definition of Dismays
1. dismay [v] - See also: dismay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismays
Literary usage of Dismays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"... whom this injurious foreigner like weak fowls with war dismays, and by violence
ravages your coasts. He shall betake himself to flight, and set sail far ..."
2. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"Bryan, Apparently Undecided, Expresses His Views—Startles and dismays a Group of
Southern Democrats—What Governor Johnson Would Do—Third Term Talk Revived—" ..."
3. British Policy and Opinion During the Franco-Prussian War by Dora Neill Raymond (1921)
"The idea of a great war dismays her, and the thought of taking a step that might
meet with a rebuff .... dismays ..."
4. The Psalter: With Responsive Readings by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1912)
"3 In God, the Lord, I rest, His word of grace I praise, His promise stands secure,
Nor fear nor foe dismays. My foes shall backward turn When I appeal to ..."
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