How to Use consternation in a Sentence

consternation

noun

• Much to her parents' consternation, she had decided to not go to college.
• The candidate caused consternation among his supporters by changing positions on a key issue.
• What those achievements should be is the subject of much consternation.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
• The choice has both won applause and provoked consternation on Capitol Hill.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2020
• The principal-agent dilemma is key to that consternation: Politicians serve their people and are bound by oath to protect them.
  — Jack Nasher, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• The changing nature of Amazon’s culture has been a growing topic of consternation at the company.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
• The district’s trustees unanimously approved the cost increase during its monthly board meeting last week, but not without consternation.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2021
• Vanquish's looks are stylishly different than the other Astons in the stable, with that back bit the topic of much consternation at a cocktail hour after our test drive.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Among the cadre of codgers is Carlo who, much to the consternation of his hypernervous wife, still makes forays into the forest with his beloved dog Titina.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2021
• Throughout the year, the governor’s reopening metrics, among the strictest in the nation, became a source of consternation for local school officials and parents alike.
  — oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2020
• Both bands pushed the genre to its limits — and caused traditionalists some consternation — with their chamber-like ensemble parts and lengthy improvisations.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
• Her literary forays are guided by Norman, a junior kitchen employee, to the consternation of pompous senior advisers.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2021
• This, of course, causes Jimmy some consternation, the kind of inner drama that Rhodes is so good at giving us, a conflict of self-betrayal and betrayal of the race at large.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2021
• The tunnel, which opened in 1895, has at times been a source of consternation for the city.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2021
• But amid the consternation, cat lovers got a bit of good news.
  — oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2022
• The black-and-white video serves to hammer Tyler’s consternation home.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
• To the delight of many, and the consternation of others, Cleveland’s ballclub was now known as the Guardians.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 27 Sep. 2022
• Over the last few weeks, the state’s school mask mandate has been a source of consternation from some parents.
  — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2021
• The news caused consternation among the critics of Tedros, who was the first African elected to the position.
  — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
• Of course, this will cause much consternation about the Oscars, the telecast that used to bring in huge numbers.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• This is a source of consternation on the left, because those who are mega-rich don’t need access to all of their wealth at once.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 June 2024
• Now, consternation has turned to how the Cowboys intend to get Parsons on the field.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 11 May 2021
• The Bulldogs wouldn't have any chance of winning if their level of consternation matched the fan base.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
• In and of itself, the consternation was of no great consequence.
  — David Rieff, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
• The question of who was getting pardons, and for what, was a source of enormous consternation in the final days of the Trump White House.
  — New York Times, 24 June 2022
• And that’s caused a bit of consternation, Danburg said.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
• The trend has drawn some consternation from their elders.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 16 Feb. 2023
• That stance has long caused some consternation among Democrats.
  — Reid J. Epstein, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• Jalen Hurts held a clipboard, wore a headset, and paced the sideline with the same the look of consternation on his face as furious Philly fans in the stands.
  — Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
• When the iPhone 13 Pro launched, there was one feature which caused consternation in some quarters.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024