Her Russian rival Mariya Butyrskaya won the world title, making Slutskaya's disappointment all the more painful.

The most painful disappointment is in what was Yugoslavia.

It had been a long, full day, full of new people, a new ship, painful disappointment, anger, and frustration.

For others, who think each year that this time everyone will get along better, the hostilities that inevitably emerge at family reunions are an annual source of painful disappointment.

I experienced the most bitter and painful disappointment.

He experienced a moment's discomfort when a search of the older man's eyes revealed only a dim, painful disappointment, and not the jealous rancor Chekov expected to see.

At first he had feared their painful disappointment would have a disastrous effect on his friends but now it became evident that just the opposite had been the case.

Most people pass through a period of confusion and painful disappointment in themselves as they recognize the symptoms of codependence in their own lives.

The impact of the decline: financial results that have been a painful disappointment.

Picard saw a look of painful disappointment on Offenhouse's face as he stared at the hallway.