be displeased
Example Sentences
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In 1960, about 4 percent of Americans said they would be displeased if their child married someone from the other party.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024
By 2010, nearly half of such respondents reported that they would be displeased.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2023
Sell low after borrowing high — what’s known as short selling — and you may be rich, but odds are that quite a few people will be displeased.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023
Laborers lived with the knowledge that should they give their wealthy employer reason to be displeased with their performance, they could be replaced at any moment.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Cersei would be displeased to learn that he had intercepted Stalk's letter, but his father had sent him here to rule, not to please Cersei.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
