DISAPPOINT in a Sentence

Learn DISAPPOINT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
270 example sentences for DISAPPOINT, such as:
1. He was disappointed of his purpose.
2. You will never disappoint me, Sergius.
3. I was guite disappointed with my partner.
4. Don't be disappointed on the journey of life.
5. The brevity of the concert disappointed the audience.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DISAPPOINT
disappoint
 v.  fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You have all done more for me than I can ever thank you for, except by doing my best not to disappoint you.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
2  Here are officers enough in Meryton to disappoint all the young ladies in the country.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  He hesitated, and then snatched it from my hold; as if he fancied I only intended to tempt and disappoint him.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  I am sure you will not disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
5  It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
6  To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
7  They are all expecting it, they are so sure that it will happen that I cannot, I cannot, disappoint them.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II
8  And, besides, I've already told 'em to put on another plate when I see you coming; so you mustn't disappoint us.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII.
9  You will never disappoint me, Sergius.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
10  She looked impatiently down the road again, and again she was disappointed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Gerald was disappointed, for he had wanted a son, but he nevertheless was pleased enough over his small black-haired daughter to serve rum to every slave at Tara and to get roaringly, happily drunk himself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  "I am disappointed in you," he said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  Scarlett had made her plans to spend Christmas at Tara, but after Ashley's telegram came no power on earth, not even a direct command from the disappointed Ellen, could drag her away from Atlanta.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  I thought you were a sensible person and I'm disappointed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  At first Scarlett was shocked and disappointed that Ashley did not immediately take hold and make the mill pay double what it had paid under her management.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
1  If you do not treat your life with love and respect, your life will disappoint you.
2  I wasn't just disappointed, I was absolutely shattered.
3  Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
4  Among the clouds in the water, disappointed this fish is sent.
5  The brevity of the concert disappointed the audience.
6  Don't be disappointed on the journey of life.
7  Love you, think of you, love you secretly, eagerly love you, wait, feel disappointed, try hard, lose, and feel sad, go apart, and recall.
8  The child was given a prize as a sop to her disappointed parents.
9  I was bitterly disappointed to have lost yet another race so near the finish.
10  Instead of being disappointed at where you are, think optimistically about where you are going.
11  He had a long memory for people who had disappointed him.
12  Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
13  I was guite disappointed with my partner.
14  He was disappointed of his purpose.
15  I'm disappointed in your work;it has fallen below your usual standard.