Jeff Kinney

Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they were a lot like me - caused considerable consternation when they were first published, but now they're widely accepted as an essential part of the children's literary canon.

American Writer

Wendell Willkie

But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.

American Lawyer

Sheryl Crow

The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.

American Musician

John Sulston

When it came to choice of subjects, science was obvious - since I was uninterested in anything else - but a decision that caused consternation in some eyes was my demand to take biology for A-level.

British Scientist

Doug Liman

I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films - usually to the consternation of the studios.

American Director

Twinkle Khanna

I like crisp words like 'blimey', 'yikes', 'crap' which describe consternation, embarrassment, and sometimes wonderment without making me type so many alphabets.

Indian Businesswoman

Alexandra Adornetto

While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret it.

Australian Author

Tim Gunn

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

American Designer

Faith Salie

I think the curation consternation is this: Just because you like something or list something, are you really curating?

American Journalist

Elizabeth A. Sherman

It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.

Educator

Consternation is used when an event is emotionally startling enough to cause confusion or distress.

Emotional Intensity

'Consternation' describes more than just surprise; it implies a mix of shock and disappointment.

Not Mild Surprise

Use 'consternation' when something disrupts plans or expectations significantly, causing a strong reaction.

Unexpected Disruption

 And one of them, watched him bleed out and then watched an infrared become the same color as the ground that he died on. MORGAN Is there remorse, or there was like consternation? BRANDON I'm sitting there like, I just watched a man bleed out. I felt horrible. I wanted to cry.

What It's Like to Be a...

 Her occupancy, her absolute, faithful attendance. The dance of our glances, challenge, abdication, effacement, the perfume of our consternation.