displeasure
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Team principal Andrea Stella is a measured man who chooses his words carefully, but his displeasure was clear.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Gen. William Tong, signaled their displeasure with proposed deal terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Still, the abandonment caused some fans to express their displeasure with messages to the BBC's live coverage of the Test.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Stories about his displeasure with that challenge are myriad, but final cut’s result is stunning, and not merely for the visuals.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
My mouth filled with spit, and a rotten hole in one of my molars yelled its displeasure.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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 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
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
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