displeasure
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There were also videos that emerged with Cherki showing apparent displeasure at coach Didier Deschamps.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He has no problem expressing his displeasure at being inconvenienced by his unwanted trainee or earthbound law enforcement officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In reality, Leavitt is without a doubt the worst White House press secretary that I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering since the day I first met Larry Speakes during the Reagan administration.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
A handful of townspeople now mutter about seceding from the local council area, echoing a widening harrumph of displeasure with the various layers of government in Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The sunlight made it harder for Briony to see, but for a fraction of a moment, a tiny frown of displeasure may have registered in the bride’s face.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
They call him the English Bayard, and the Frenchman need not be displeasured by the comparison.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley
For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth by the favorite, it is impossible any other should be overgreat.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
For when the way of pleasuring and displeasuring lieth by the favourite, it is impossible any other should be over-great.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
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