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How to use the word Consternation in a Sentence?

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I just learned, with pain and consternation, the death of 11 newborn babies, i express my profound compassion to their mothers and their families.

Macky Sall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People are not fighting every day, there's not consternation among aides. That is not true. ... I hear that there are critics. Those who talk often do not know and those who know usually are not the ones talking.

Symone Sanders

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

And there was, you know, kind of, quite a bit of consternation of the party of the State Department.

Fiona Hill

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The ongoing drip feed of high US interest rates is creating consternation, obviously it's pushing up the US dollar and putting downward pressure on Asian currencies generally, including the renminbi, and that could well have further to go.

Shane Oliver

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In general terms, we have a trade skirmish not a trade war, longer term, we believe these trade issues will be resolved but on a day-to-day basis they lead to some consternation from investors.

Anthony Chan

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

If he is battling this issue in court while the election is going on through November, the Democrats could lose the seat, and so there's a lot of consternation about how to preserve the Democratic seat on the political side. On the court side, let the court do what it's going to do. But in the court of public opinion, it doesn't look very good for Congressman Cardenas.

Richard Alarcon

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The president has expressed frustration and consternation.

Kellyanne Conway

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A variety of subjects were discussed, but chief among them, I would say, was the concern and consternation over the candidacy of Donald Trump.

Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Emma Stone was chief among those who did tireless research, if any part of her fine characterization has caused consternation and controversy, I am the one to blame.

Cameron Crowe

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

You're seeing a little bit better U.S. economic statistics than you've been seeing over the past three or four weeks. The European statistics have gotten a lot better too, so maybe a relief rally today, because the markets were down as there was a lot of consternation going around.

Ben Pace

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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