be displeased by
Example Sentences
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Your Majesty, therefore, need have no further anxiety about my journey, and must not be displeased by it.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand
Dom Geronimo, who lost no word of the interview, seemed to be displeased by Mowbray’s adroit distinction between the occupant of the throne and a prince of the royal blood.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
On sending to Mr. Hallam a copy of the Review in which it appeared, I expressed my hope that he would not be displeased by what I had done.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
If any be displeased by the result, I can but submit that my verses are my own, and that this is how I would have them read.
From Poems by Henley, William Ernest
He had affected to be displeased by the doctor's air of treating his case as though it was deprived of all importance.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
