Sentences with phrase «chagrin as»

Both also describe how mainstream neuroscience, to its chagrin as well as its delight, is finally warming to the idea that much of the neural dynamism in the childhood brain remains active all through life (it just needs a little help to manifest fully).

But I will turn down every new football assignment that comes up — which, much to my chagrin as a freelance writer who is almost always in search of work, happens more than once.

In a final irony, the retired organ tuner who had serviced the instrument during Dr. Sowerby's tenure was introduced to the audience, looking a bit chagrined as though he would have liked to climb up into the organ chambers and correct a few pitches.

So as chagrined as I was and am that I didn't hold on to those Berkshire shares, my financial future wasn't riding on them.

Not exact matches

Of course, the Centenaris and Atlas may have marched boldly into a minefield here: Democracy, as countless political leaders have discovered to their chagrin, is a costly and unpredictable process, notoriously hard to control.

Unfortunately, to the chagrin of many investors, while diversification sounds all well and good in theory, in practice it often feels as if it is not working.

After my son received his tax refund check — which much to my chagrin was a few hundred dollars more than it should have been because he filed as independent — he went straight to American Eagle to pick up a few sweatshirts.

Yet certain stubborn facts remain, as Piereson points out: Lee Harvey Oswald was a convinced communist, a former defector to the Soviet Union, and a passionate supporter of Fidel Castro; the Kennedy administration was a sworn foe of Castro's communist regime, had authorized the Bay of Pigs operation, and had negotiated the removal of Soviet IRBMs from Cuba, much to Castro's chagrin.

After being in a Calvinist church for over a decade, and witnessing person after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as well.

When I pointed this out, his senior editor was so chagrined that he gave me back most of my own sentences as well.

Much to the chagrin of my friends, many of the questions were obviously adversarial, exposing the anger of those asking the questions, as well as their disdain for me.

Trust me, I am a complete atheist, but every once in a while, much to my chagrin, I use a phrase such as your example.

As capitalism triumphed, these earlier criteria of rank increasingly paled in significance, naturally to the immense chagrin of those who had claims to them.

Early in his career, he was something of a Trotskyite, but in the years following September 11, 2001, he emerged as a strong advocate of the Iraq war and, much to the chagrin of his colleagues on the left, a supporter of George W. Bush.

Much to Screwtape's chagrin, Jesus stands to gain rather than lose influence over the world as a result of historical analyses, and nowhere is this more true than in process thought.

The Duke, Bassanio, and Antonio» once the threat is past» are all willing to allow a chagrined Shylock to walk away with his money; it is the iron - willed Portia who demands that he be held to the strict letter of the law, just as he himself has insisted.

But when the population of Sydney grew to 3 million the P factor results in an unacceptable environmental impact as Sydney - siders have discovered to their chagrin.

The predisposition to perfection — call it low - level OCD if you must — is terribly handy for activities such as folding fitted sheets (I have the most organised linen cupboard ever, to RJ's chagrin I never quite make it to... [Read more...]

Suhr, born and raised in the Santa Clara Valley, took up riding as a girl of seven, much to the chagrin of her father, who frequently exhorted her to «get the horses out of your system.»

Welllll that didn't happen, much to my chagrin, as the Jaguars decided to instead play him almost exclusively at three - technique which to me was somewhat a waste of Jackson's biggest asset; his versatility.

To the chagrin of millions of true believers, Bigfoot has been exposed as a «hoax» perpetrated by Ray Wallace, a prank - loving logger.

Hardiman Cureton, recently elected the first Negro captain in UCLA history, has been switched from guard to a tackle post, to the chagrin of many spring practice prognosticators who had long ago picked him as an All - America guard.

Many woman endure the discomfort of wearing regular clothes because of the chagrin of buying maternity clothes that may not be as stylish.

Like why it's been so quiet on this site the past few days — as the note and flyer below (washed ashore yesterday in a bottle) suggest, other side projects are afoot, much to DC's ultimate chagrin, embarrassment and that awkward next - day phone call....

(Paterson said immediately afterward that he was «disappointed, stunned and frankly chagrined» at the legislature's actions, and responded as best he could, with what amounts to a dramatic gesture: thousands of line - item vetoes of the legislature's budget that, relative to the overall amounts at stake, don't add up to much at all.)

The proposals were brushed off as being like «a laughable plot line from The Thick of It» by Tim Yeo MP and back to the Leveson Report we went - most likely to the chagrin of Labour but the delight of the coalition.

The Senate Republicans have already taken out an insurance policy on whatever 2016 may bring in the form of an ongoing relationship with Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who continues to caucus with the GOPl; and with the IDC, whose leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, has been included in this year's budget negotiations — much to the chagrin of the Senate Democrats, who are pushing to have their leader, Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, included as well.

At the committee's last meeting in October, as reported by The Alt, seven such contracts were still outstanding, to Corngold's chagrin.

As CMRR discovered to its chagrin, no amount of lobbying the county legislature was going to significantly change things.

And as for that infamous fossil that he refused to leave in the desert, much to his mentor's chagrin?

Talk in the hallways pegged Hamburg, Germany, and Batavia, Illinois, as the leading contenders for the site of the accelerator, to the chagrin of Japanese scientists.

Despite all of my studious efforts as a feminist, sex - positive parent — giving ample guidance to my teenage daughter and even writing articles on the topic — I was a bit chagrined by this disconnect between myself and my son.

But just the other day I was taking a closer look at the ingredients of the multi-vitamin I take and noticed, to my chagrin, that it contains L - Carnitine (as L - Carnitine Tartrate) and 10 mg of Choline (as Choline bitartrate).

I don't As my red suede flats will attest, to their chagrin.

A friend of mine calls me a one - woman musical as I sing and dance around all the time (half to her chagrin and half to her amusement lol).

While those who enjoyed the Brooks book will likely be chagrined at seeing little of what they enjoyed show up on the big screen, taking World War Z on its own terms as a Hollywood blockbuster, there's still enough entertainment value to be had for those who are OK with the fact that the film doesn't represent the book.

She subsequently moved to Mexico City, where she studied International Relations as a university student, but, to the chagrin of her family, decided to drop out in order to pursue a career as an actress.

Much to Aaron Sorkin's presumed chagrin, the announcement was made over social media as Schumer temporarily took over MTV's myriad accounts...

Much to the chagrin of James Woods no - nonsense lieutenant, who is lumbered with the brattish star as a ride along on a murder investigation.

However, Shiner is also a bit of an expensive handful, and Riggan has a lot of other stressors to worry about, such as the replaced actor who is threatening to sue them, much to the chagrin of his lawyer (Zach Galifinakis).

Franco's Wiseau continually forgets his line and misses his cue, much to the chagrin of the crew, which includes Seth Rogen as the script supervisor and Dave Franco as Greg Sestero, the actor who played Mark.

The undercurrent of chagrin in a few of the young ladies in the crowd is captured with a pole - axing amount of skill by Franco — possibly the only time in the director's career (save a few similar moments in Venus in Furs) that he treats women as complex — and sympathetic — human beings.

Based on the books «Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World's Most Dangerous Website» and «WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War On Secrecy,» and penned by Josh Singer («The West Wing,» «Fringe «-RRB-, the film will present Assange as a whistleblower who apparently let power get to his head and let the ethics of his work slide, much to the chagrin of his right hand man Daniel Domscheit - Berg (Bruhl), who also just happened to write that «Inside Julian Assange» book.

There's SNL's Cecily Strong as Zoe, a hard working business woman who wants to start her own company much to the chagrin of her husband Greg (Blake Griffin).

by Walter Chaw As I'm an avowed fan of George Romero's severely underestimated Day of the Dead, imagine my unsurprised chagrin when über - hack Steve Miner's remake of Romero's third zombie outing falls far nearer in quality to Tom Savini's dishonourable remake of Night of the Living Dead than to Zach Snyder's better - than - the - original Dawn of the Dead.

There are some romantic moments as between Clint and Lucy to the chagrin of Lucy's regular b.f. but without a social message («Cooties» could have been an allegory of over-medicated children and parents strung out of prescription drugs) there is little other than mayhem and stereotypical dialogue in this derivative pic.

Too, as both Anne and Mary learn (to their chagrin), he lies like a pro.

By that measure, the macabre drama has less riding on it, even as author Harris has chosen to wrap up its literary version, to the chagrin of some fans.

Much to Sawyer's chagrin, David also shows up there as a hospital worker — and no one believes her when she tells them he's not who he says he is.

Recognizing that her newfound popularity will last only as long as her virginity, Mandy agrees to attend a cool kids» pool party but only if Emmet is also invited, much to the chagrin of the cool kids and Emmet.