They looked so formidable, however, so demanding, that I found myself staring at them in dismay and starting to woolgather again, this time about Francesca and her husband.

A few moments later her hands were trembling and her brow had contracted with anxiety and dismay.

After George's death in 1936, her eldest son Edward became King-Emperor, but to her dismay he abdicated the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.

She also enjoyed hunting, to the dismay of Queen Victoria, who asked her to stop, but without success.

For eight months over 1875 – 76, the Prince of Wales was absent from Britain on a tour of India, but to her dismay Alexandra was left behind.

Driven by public opinion, but against his own wishes, the King had the banners removed but to Alexandra's dismay he had down not only " those vile Prussian banners " but also those of her Hessian relations who were, in her opinion, " simply soldiers or vassals under that brutal German Emperor's orders ".

There, to his dismay, he is introduced to the newest crew member-although disguised, he immediately recognises her as Perosteck Balveda.

She had presented confusing testimony and he recalled her to the stand to answer his questions, much to the dismay and objections of the prosecution.

It is shown here as well that Wiggum is one of the few Simpsons characters that seems quite aware of his or her own incompetence, much to his dismay and an inevitable gorging on pancakes to lessen the blow.

When Amanda hears this, she seeks out Doris and, to Adam's dismay, becomes her defense lawyer.

As Helen herself has based a character in her novel The Eye of the Storm on Martin, she is about to accuse Sandra Pickering of plagiarism when, to her dismay, she finds out that the girl used to work for the BBC some years ago, that she knew Martin, and that she actually had an affair with him.

To her dismay, the slime turned out to be a transformed Negaduck, who seized control of the plan before all the villains were banished to another dimension.

To his dismay, he learns that, having proven her loyalty and made herself a fugitive, Eve will accompany Vandamm out of the country that night.

Isaac breaks up with Tracy, much to her dismay, and before long Mary has virtually moved into his apartment.

In the Dark Horse Presents # 24 Season Eight tie-in, " Always Darkest ", Spike and Angel appear ( again in a dream sequence ) at Buffy's side when she is fighting Caleb, but to her dismay the two start flirting with and kissing one another.

The story concerns a socialite who hires a derelict to be her family's butler, only to fall in love with him, much to his dismay.

Sugawara alleged that after four years of purchasing the product she had only recently discovered to her dismay that said " berries " were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls.

They eventually became lovers, much to the dismay of her mother.

In Norfolk, Virginia, Gibson attended Pines Elementary School, where the teachers ' lack of encouragement for him to read was a cause of dismay for his parents.

During the last leg of the voyage, the Captain tells Beauty that she is to be released from the servitude because of her parents ' demands and, to her great dismay, sent back home to get married — she hysterically protests, but to no avail.

However, by 1824, he had discovered enough energy to elope with Selina Elizabeth de Burgh ( perhaps encouraged by his brother Edward ), much to the dismay of her parents who were not impressed by him.

His parents nicknamed him " Sunny Sam ", and his early childhood was happy and uneventful, but in his teens Humphries began to rebel against the strictures of conventional suburban life by becoming " artistic " – much to the dismay of his parents who, despite their affluence, distrusted " art ".

To his parents ' dismay Lewis showed a keen interest in religion and spirituality from an early age and later rejected their attempts at as business career for him.

At the age of ten, he started to play drums with pots, pans and other kitchen utensils, before, to his parents ' dismay, he began drumming on the gas cooker with a pair of knives and chipped off the paintwork.

College was looming ahead, when much to his parents dismay, he put off a college scholarship to study Astrophysics in Socorro, New Mexico, quit bike racing and jumped into music with both feet.

This led the school to stop accepting applications early, much to the dismay of parents, as reported in New York magazine.

A year later, Rudolph's parents take him to participate in the Reindeer Games ( after covering his nose with mud, much to his dismay ), where he, along with all of the other young bucks, will be trained to fly and help Santa deliver toys.

At the end of series one Sophie announces to her parents that her and Dom are going to get married, to the dismay of her parents.

To the dismay of parents and the bemusement of friends, the members of Sinch made a pact that upon leaving school they would dedicate themselves to the band rather than pursue college or the military.

In 1861, at the age of 24, to the dismay of his parents, he left his job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to become a painter.

Scott comes back into his life as a young adult, at first bitterly judgmental of his father's world, but who becomes drawn into that world to the dismay of both of his parents.

A young girl believes that she is the second coming of Jesus, and goes about blessing unsavory characters, to the dismay of her parents and the annoyance of others.

A young girl believes that she is the second coming of Jesus, and goes about blessing unsavory characters, to the dismay of her parents and the annoyance of others.

The impression of many parents at the time, however, was often tinged with dismay and intolerance, sometimes sparked by the racy cover illustrations of pulp science fiction.

Both brothers were to forgo the merchant life for the frontier to the dismay of their parents.

In a letter left behind after his desertion, Natan-Zada expressed dismay to his parents over the disengagement plan, saying ' Just as I couldn't carry out an order that desecrates the Sabbath, I cannot be part of an organization that expels Jews.

Panna and Adi both find solace in a poor basti with the company of Adi's old teacher Joshi Master and in the philosophy of poet Bhau ( Nana Patekar ), much to the dismay of the couple's respective parents.

Achebe's lecture prompted a lively debate, reactions at the time ranged from dismay and outrage — Achebe recounted a Professor Emeritus from the University of Massachusetts saying to Achebe after the lecture, " How dare you upset everything we have taught, everything we teach?

Werblin's partners, Townsend B. Martin, Leon Hess, Donald C. Lillis, and Philip H. Iselin, had a falling out with Werblin over the way the team was run — though the franchise had begun to make a profit, Werblin was making all the policies and decisions himself with little or no input from his partners, much to their dismay.

Doubt, confusion and dismay overtook the Neapolitan court — the king hastily summoned his ministry and offered to restore an earlier constitution, but these efforts failed to rebuild the peoples ' trust in Bourbon governance.

This vastly unequal distribution of land — and, therefore, wealth — had plagued Mexico for many years, to the anger and dismay of the working classes, as this corrupt system allowed the rich to get richer while ensuring that the poor remained poor, or got even poorer.

Mamie is usually tolerant of her errant husband, but she can be dangerous when riled — much to Willie's dismay.

Three days later, Buxhoevden — pressed by the early onset of winter weather — signed an armistice, much to the dismay of Napoleon.

The commanders agree, and the next morning — to Troilus and Cressida's dismay — the trade is made, and a Greek lord named Diomedes leads Cressida away from Troy.

In the early editions of Poor Richard's Almanack, predicting and falsely reporting the deaths of these astrologers — much to their dismay — was something of a running joke.

More importantly, Lee's decision bought time for the Union to push to the front the Army of the Potomac's II, V, and VI Corps, which had been brought from the Peninsula and — much to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's dismay — placed under Pope's command.

New York interpreted the decision as invalidating Wentworth's grants entirely — to the great dismay of area residents — and subsequently divided the territory into four counties, Albany, Charlotte, Cumberland and Gloucester.

* In the 13th season of the animated television series King of the Hill — in the episode entitled " Square-Footed Monster " ( 2008 ) — a McMansion is built in the local neighborhood to the dismay of the show's protagonist, Hank Hill.

Steyn expressed dismay at " the procedural advantages the prosecution enjoys — the inducements it's able to dangle in order to turn witnesses that, if offered by the defence, would be regarded as the suborning of perjury ; or the confiscation of assets intended to prevent an accused person from being able to mount a defence ; or the piling on of multiple charges which virtually guarantees that a jury will seek to demonstrate its balanced judgment by convicting on something.

: ... our critics — particularly Chinese Canadians and the universities — criticized the program as racist ; they were right .... We share the dismay of our critics that this occurred.

To the dismay of many fans of historic architecture, the free-standing ticket booth was removed ( which was not original to the theatre, but rather installed in the 1930s ), along with the left and right neon marquees — but their absence brings the theatre back closer to its original state.

This causes Zoey and Lola — much to their dismay — to become roommates with Quinn, after she's accidentally assigned to a dorm that doesn't exist by Coco, their dorm parent.