Disappointing

Examples

• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I might almost say heart-breaking, too, for of all the elusive, disappointing things one ever hunted for that was the worst. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Men and women cannot be brought together in schools or colleges at forty or fifty years of age; and if they could the result would be disappointing. Plato. The Republic.
• I had had my lesson: I had learned how severe for me was the pain of crossing, or grieving, or disappointing him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Not at all, was her answer; but depend upon it, he means to be severe on us, and our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask nothing about it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Upon my word, cried Miss Crawford, you are two of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind friends I ever met with! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Time and time again I rose with upstretched hand, only to feel the disappointing rocks close above me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Emma thanked him, but could not allow of his disappointing his friend on their account; her father was sure of his rubber. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Behind evil there is power, and it is folly,--wasting and disappointing folly,--to ignore this power because it has found an evil issue. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Yes, sir, and it has proved most disappointing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Miss Bingley, however, was incapable of disappointing Mr. Darcy in anything, and persevered therefore in requiring an explanation of his two motives. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Well, I suppose I am, said Crispin smilingly; but one which will shortly be explained, and, like all riddles, turn out to be very disappointing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Chesterton, Histon, Waterbeach, and Oakington have each been explored, and have each proved disappointing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The power of disappointing them, it was true, must always be hers. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Even if this family, the Braithwaites, are put off, I am still afraid that some excuse may be found for disappointing us. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Colonel Brandon again repeated his sorrow at being the cause of disappointing the party; but at the same time declared it to be unavoidable. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It was my misfortune to be a man--and Limping Lucy enjoyed disappointing me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Did you ever know anything so disappointing? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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