be displeased by
Example Sentences
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Depart again in the morning, if you will: we shall neither of us be displeased by then to say farewell, I dare say.
From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by De la Mare, Walter
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
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
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
I have already had reason to say that Isabel knew her husband to be displeased by the continuance of Ralph's visit to Rome.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry
