be displeased
Example Sentences
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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
The fate of a jail known as Tent City, the result of Arpaio’s first act as sheriff in January 1993, gives both factions another chance to be displeased with Penzone.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2017
The frugal Mrs. Platt, if she still inhabits her sallow rooms, will not be displeased.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
