Sentences with phrase «much chagrin»

Despite much chagrin at the location of the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S8, Samsung didn't have time to change the position for the Galaxy Note 8.

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Like most dads, I keep a close eye on our thermostat — much to my family's chagrin.

All the while, he continued gaming in his free time, much to the chagrin of his parents.

While the average age for a child to get his or her first mobile phone is 10, Gates said he made his children wait until they were 14 — much to their chagrin.

When the service launched in Canada, executives decided to omit the feature, much to the chagrin of Canadian subscribers.

This event also comes at the heels of NATO's decision to deploy four multinational battalions to Poland and the Baltic states to boost defense, much to Russia's chagrin.

Much to his chagrin, the letter was leaked to the press in January, which Feeley said was an indication «that the current administration has little respect for those who have served the nation apolitically for decades.»

During the last eight years, the Obama administration pursued aggressive food labeling policies to the chagrin of much of big food and big agriculture.

Last year, Virgin America was purchased by Alaska Airlines, who proceeded to retire the brand and is attempting to integrate its successful practices (much to the chagrin of Branson).

If you have an inkling there's a better way to do something, you will do it your way, much to the chagrin of others.

Oil is trading just above $ 80 a barrel — much to the chagrin of Alberta's oil sands industry.

He recently told an audience in Rome that through Jarvis he can control the house's temperature but that «much to the chagrin of my wife,» she can not, «because it is programmed to only listen to my voice, which is one of the perks of being an engineer.»

Someone will have already taken a screenshot of your post, and pretty soon that person will be spreading it around, much to your chagrin.

If you tuned into a talk by Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., this week, you might think the NSA had begun to change its tune about encryption — the technology favored by Apple and its Silicon Valley brethren to scramble users» data and communications (much to criminal investigators» chagrin), making them unintelligible to spies and hackers alike.

But the fact is, there is a market for amateur content — socialites Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian became full - blown celebrities when their sex tapes «leaked» onto the web — and it's eating away at the professionals» market share, much to their chagrin.

Conversely, financial markets — much to the chagrin of those still carrying the torch for the efficient market hypothesis — are driven by ephemeral opinions.

Much to my chagrin, I ignored almost all other cryptoassets until late last year.

Specifically in the healthcare setting, firmly entrenched legacy electronic health records vendors, like Epic and Cerner, could stand in the way, much to the chagrin of blockchain startups in the space.

Backed by more than $ 250 million in venture capital funding, Bird, LimeBike, and Spin have dumped hundreds of scooters for adults on the city in recent weeks, much to the chagrin of regulators.

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.

Since announcing his run for president in June, the real - estate developer and reality - TV star has dominated coverage of the 2016 race, much to the chagrin of other candidates.

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.

Usually, I either avoid using a gendered pronoun altogether or I use the word He to avert unnecessary controversy (much to the chagrin of my more progressive readers!).

He did the same thing when, much to the chagrin of the religious leaders, he dined with tax collectors and prostitutes and told his more well - to - do hosts that «when you give a banquet, invite the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed.»

It is a foreign fabrication that the Indians have ignorantly adopted much to the chagrin of the great gurus of the Vedic systems.

Much to their surprise and chagrin, they discovered that what they had censored was a passage I read verbatim from the Bible.

But I refused to teach tithing, much to the chagrin of some but to the delight of most.

And if Jesus were to be walking the earth today, I don't think he'd be spending a lot of time in any church, much to the chagrin of many.

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.

The idea that the universe is an eternal cycle of big bangs and big crunches has been discredited for many years now, (much to the chagrin of rejectors of God).

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.

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.

In recent years, the band's music hasn't been available to stream, much to the chagrin of listeners everywhere.

Much to the chagrin of traditional Christian clergy, the widespread celebration of Easter survives primarily in the form of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, which point back to a very ancient spring festival long before the Jewish Passover and the Christian commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

And yes, much to your apparent chagrin, one of them is victimization if a person's experience was unhealthy within a religious group.

I believe that you are confusing taxation (which is not voluntary, much to your chagrin I expect) with charity.

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.

Much to our chagrin, the human rights organizations are either turning a blind eye towards these injustices or are being paid off to look the other way.

Much to the chagrin of both extreme atheists and extreme religious (ok, usually extreme Christians here) there IS a middle ground where there's faith and reason.

Much to the chagrin of the followers of old and outdated religions; this article is more relevant today than any day in history so far.

Well I just got ta know where you found a great paleo pancake recipe... I'm on paleo for over 30 days now and I've tried two different pancake recipes much to my chagrin: -LRB-

Be it dairy, gluten, corn, soy, meat, wheat or anything with a high glycemic index, the Avoider strictly follows the advice of the latest health book they have tracked down, much to the chagrin of those with actual food allergies.

We found that the best way to wash ourselves was by jumping into the pool, much to my mother's chagrin.

I'm also from Missouri and, much to my husband's chagrin, I can not be told anything.

Much to our chagrin, we couldn't find a recipe anywhere, so I got to experimenting and figured out a way to make these wholesome confections at home.

Comprised of coconut flour, eggs, and (my favorite much to the chagrin of some of you) beans!

Because much to my chagrin, my toddler doesn't eat yogurt.

The kids DEVOURED it, much to my chagrin, since I really could've finished it off myself!

I love chatting with people I meet in stores, much to the chagrin of my kids, so edge away hoping no one will associate them with me.

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.»