be displeased by

Example Sentences

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If any be displeased by the result, I can but submit that my verses are my own, and that this is how I would have them read.

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest

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

I hope, my dear aunt, that you will not be displeased by my leaving town without seeing Sir Philip Baddely again.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

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