be displeased
Example Sentences
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So I’d like each of them to name an issue where, for the good of the state, they’re willing to take on their friends and allies, knowing they’ll be displeased.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
In 1960, about 4 percent of Americans said they would be displeased if their child married someone from the other party.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024
By 2010, nearly half of such respondents reported that they would be displeased.
From Salon • Aug. 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
Cersei would be displeased to learn that he had intercepted Stalk's letter, but his father had sent him here to rule, not to please Cersei.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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