Disappointed

Examples

• But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr. Osborne did not seem in the least disappointed at this occurrence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• An astonishing number of men always _are _getting disappointed there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Still, as I have said already, I am disappointed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He had probably come to the spot, waited there in the cold, and been greatly disappointed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Julia informed me in the evening that Meyler had sat with her for more than two hours, hoping to see me, and had gone away much disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• And she slyly smiled in his disappointed face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• No doubt I am disappointed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil's lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But Henry must not be disappointed of his recitation, and Olympia will deign to oblige him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am very sorry, Mrs. Raddle,' said Bob Sawyer, with all imaginable humility, 'but the fact is, that I have been disappointed in the City to-day. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I am disappointed, said she, in a low voice, to Edmund. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• As matters stood, therefore, I was neither surprised nor disappointed at the result of the interview. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was ridiculously disappointed, as if he had imagined that her coming had anything to do with him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I was rather disappointed that I did not hear from her again speedily; but I made excuses for her, and was too busy, andmay I add? Jane Austen. Emma.
• And so we were most happily disappointed to find in the sequel that the guide had even failed to rise to the magnitude of his subject. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am disappointed in Fred Vincy, said Mrs. Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It has aged me, tired me, vexed me, disappointed me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I have not forgot, you see; and I assure you, I was very much disappointed that you did not come back and keep your engagement. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I confess that so far, Watson, I had been disappointed in my investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I thought Mrs. and Miss Creakle (at whom I now glanced for the first time, and who were, both, thin and quiet) were not disappointed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Perhaps I might have been better friends with that poor child your mother, even after your sister Betsey Trotwood disappointed me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was rather disappointed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was telling him, the other day, how much we should be disappointed if he did not take a very active part in the debates. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He did not tell her so, but she was not disappointed, for both felt the truth, were satisfied, and gladly left the rest to silence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• When he saw who sat therein he seemed to be disappointed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Editor: Rebekah