displease

That would certainly displease, even enrage, Mr. Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

This change may displease some, but for those being vigilant about their health and would like more transparency about the food they are eating, it's a welcome change.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2023

They do not want to be overly dependent on Chinese supplies, but they cannot afford to displease the Chinese government.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2023

Mr Mitsotakis said the decision had "tortured" him but he felt a "heavy responsibility in standing next to those most vulnerable, even if it might fleetingly displease them".

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021

He did not seem anxious to have me, but I could see he did not want to displease his good customer.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

"We showed it with Gabriella, we showed it again with Laurence. But it displeases some people, obviously. It's competition, it's natural. But it's true that it was more complicated than we thought."

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The rest of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers would stay at current budget levels, a status quo that displeases advocates for biomedical research.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2023

He is the domineering interloper intent on telling the industry all the ways in which it displeases him.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

Any outcome that displeases them is ipso facto a bastardized one.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2020

There’s something else that displeases them: I no longer feel like giving them little kisses morning, noon and night.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

FBI Director Kash Patel was also displeased with the office’s progress, according to the outlet.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

As for this year’s slate, the range was typically broad, and the choices seem to have left no one displeased, with a number of festivalgoers insisting the programming was the most satisfying they could recall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

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

Microsoft Azure’s 39% cloud growth in the fourth quarter paled in comparison to Google Cloud’s 48% growth, and investors were displeased by Microsoft’s decision to allocate more computing power to internal projects.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

The earth itself seemed displeased at the warfare being waged upon it.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

District Court for the District of Columbia agreed; he quashed the subpoenas and said the government had offered no evidence that Powell committed any crime “other than displeasing the president.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

He wrote about her in his postcards home, displeasing his moralistic parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

"My wife sends her regards, thank you for the pudding rice. She sends your fiancé this sweater and hopes that it is not displeasing to her," it reads.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

Having a well-stocked refrigerator filled with rotting foods is incredibly wasteful and displeasing, to say the least.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

“Yes, I denied knowing him. I was afraid”— again I choose my words carefully—“of displeasing El Jefe.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez