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

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

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