consternation

"What – what – what!" exclaimed Old Hurricane, gazing in consternation from the young prisoner to the accuser; "what – what! my newsboy, my saucy little prince of patches, a girl in boy's clothes?"

The Hidden Hand 1888

My brothers looked at one another in consternation, then that wily Tuscan friar, Fra Agostino da Montalcino, stepped forward, an unpleasant smile on his face.

Excerpt: Heresy by S.J. Parris 2010

He stares after Mickey in consternation as the man chases after Jack and Martha wondering just how this changes things.

Sacrifice (5/6) amberfocus 2008

(Maggie laughs out loud, at which point Paula and Louise instantly stare at her in consternation with serious expressions.)

MY KNEES (PART TWO -- SURGERY AND REHAB) Maggie Jochild 2007

“O our master,” they exclaimed in consternation, “our understanding is confused, for we see him sitting on a golden mountain, which is in the midst of a sea of blood, surrounded by a copper wall.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The population were in consternation at the horrors they witnessed; death everywhere and in a horrible form.

01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 John 2003

I should imagine that the word consternation would suitably describe their reaction.

Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

More than forty years ago, Mr.T. A. Reid of the University of Toronto, and an authority on the history of the City, referred to the real estate boom at the beginning of the century, and quoted specifically the young man who came home and reported in consternation the exorbitant price for land at the corner of King and Yonge, which had just risen to $4.00 per square foot.

Metropolitan Toronto—Planners Dilemma 1968

( "And I ..." she thought in consternation, "am responsible for this!")

The Happy Foreigner 1920

Sarah Spencer sprang out of her doze in consternation, and gazed blankly at the shrieking child.

Further Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud 1920