How To Use Displease In A Sentence

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“but it would be, if not more prudent, since that word displeases you, at least more natural —” Around the World in 80 Days
With careers and raises often hanging in the balance, few instructors can afford to displease the growing number of disengaged students making evaluation forms.
The idea came to him that he must do something more than usual to attract the attention of God, and he turned back the rug which was in front of his bed so that he could kneel on the bare boards; and then it struck him that his nightshirt was a softness that might displease his Maker, so he took it off and said his prayers naked. Of Human Bondage
The chiefs left the ship displeased at what they called stingy conduct in the captain, as they were accustomed to receive trifling presents from the traders on the coast. Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River

In the summer another six or eight had returned from the farm on Cap Tourmente, and eleven arrived in the shallop that so displeased Champlain. Champlain's Dream
He said 'I am very displeased. The Sun
The man's face is set in a displeased grimace, his brow furrowed in certain displeasure.
And once she'd caught his displeased look when he looked at her and her child.
Gokool refused to prostrate himself at his feet while he should put his foot on his head; for which his gooroo was displeased ... Life of William Carey
He was displeased about the whole affair.
Why, there is the knight your father, and my lady your mother; and there is her father that is half crazy with his religion, and her aunt that wears eternal black grogram for that unlucky Colonel Christian; and there is the Countess of Derby that would serve us all with the same sauce if we were thinking of anything that would displease her. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
The other Indians were displeased at the conduct of the Natchez, imagining they had forwarded the term agreed on, in order to make them ridiculous, and proposed to take vengeance the first opportunity, not knowing the true cause of the precipitation of the Natchez. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing
Nurse Jamieson had got on a favourite topic, and would have expatiated long enough, for she was a professed admirer of masculine beauty, but there was something which displeased the boy in her last simile; so he cut the conversation short, by asking whether she knew exactly how much money his grandfather had left with Dr. Gray for his maintenance. The Surgeon's Daughter
She frowns softly, more of a piteous look than a displeased one.
She was starting to feel a bit vexed and it displeased her greatly.
Her insolence greatly displeased the judge.
Here puer, boy, and Displicent, displease or annoy, seem to determine, not merely the first rhyme, but the rhyme arrangement (a, a), and it needs but a glance at the close of the first stanza of the original to show that another word rhyming with boy would be hard to obtain. On Translating the Odes of Horace
The position of the candelabrum displeased me, and outreaching my hand with difficulty, rather than disturb my slumbering valet, I placed it so as to throw its rays more fully upon the book.
Tis the sure badge of a clown, not to mind what pleases or displeases those he is with; and yet one may often find a man in fashionable clothes give an unbounded swing to his own humour, and suffer it to justle or over-run any one that stands in its way, with a perfect indifferency how they take it. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Sections 141-150
Book bloggers and reviewers -- female book bloggers and reviewers especially -- often seem to subscribe to a kind of cultlike apologism, in which they feel the need to defend the author as a person even if they are temerarious enough to be displeased by her book. Sarah McCarry: Faking Nice in the Blogosphere: Women and Book Reviews
He kindly offered to give them a lift to the harbour, although he was slightly displeased when he realised how much luggage there was going to be.
Her reply displeased her father.
One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Her conduct displeased her family.
Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question.
God, who seeth at all times, and in every place, will be displeased with those who deceive their parents. Archive 2009-03-01
Every week he pours out his bile on all who displease him.
I understand the press does not want to "displease" the White House because they will be denied access. Twenty Questions for MSNBC...
She frowned a little, as if displeased with what Asha had told her.
And when you're the king, you can banish the insiders who displease you and you can try to buy off the outsiders.
What a sad damp is there upon the heart! what a confusion and displeasedness covers the whole soul! Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.
And upon a time he nighed it so nigh that our Lord was displeased with him. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries
They entered the Council room only a moment later and were instantly greeted by an even number of displeased glares and calm stares.
If you are negative to your neighbour because he happens to practise a religion that you dislike, you will be negative to all else who displease you one way or another.
One time in particular, what was around the next corner, was a very large, very displeased street dog.
And he has a right to do what he pleases with you and yours, and he may have his own reasons for what he has done, and he loves you very much, and you ought not to let him remain displeased with you one moment longer than you can help – he is in the place of a father to you, and you owe him a child's duty. The Wide, Wide World
She will have to fire teachers, jettison principals, displease parents. DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 21, 2011
But Taen, through the expanded resources of the Sathid matrix, caught the peripheral discomfort of the man's two colleagues; they were very much aware Lord Sholl was party to the witch's schemes, and the idea displeased them hugely. Stormwarden
Have I not said it?" answered Cromwell, displeasedly. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
He said 'I am very displeased. The Sun
Not that there were no moments to displease him.
A man's soul doth wrong and disrespect itself first and especially, when as much as in itself lies it becomes an aposteme, and as it were an excrescency of the world, for to be grieved and displeased with anything that happens in the world, is direct apostacy from the nature of the universe; part of which, all particular natures of the world, are. Meditations
Just like a shark, she thought for the second time that night, and the image didn't entirely displease her.
Plenty of manic humour abounds - Alison Wells' displeased Italian mother is a classic.
I catch a displeased look from her in the mirror.
In your estate, divide assets evenly among children, even if one displeases you or if one becomes wealthy.
This appellation displeased Napoleon, who nevertheless put several questions to M. Raudot, who was willing to oblige him as a traveller, but not to serve him as an Emperor. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
Of course, there are those that would be displeased no matter what he does secondary to their unreasonable bias.
The routine aim is to disparage and stigmatize activities or sentiments that displease policymakers in Washington.
No sooner had I uttered the words than I could have kicked myself, for I knew they would displease him.
I mimicked the innocent grin she displayed herself moments ago, mocking her now displeased demeanor.
This blog is all private, if there's sth displeased u, please just skip it!
I'll come to that presently; my immediate response, when Pinkerton sprang his mine, was to question his sanity and decline at the top of my voice, pointing out that if he didn't drum up Lyons instanter, Palmerston would have a fit, the Queen would be most displeased, we might well burn Washington again, and he, Pinkerton, would find himself selling matches on the street corner. THE NUMBERS
With which wordes, diuers of the Romaines were displeased, and founde fault with Metellus who (for that he went about, to exhorte the people to mariage) ought not by any meanes, to confesse any griefes and incommodities to be in the same. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
I know -- I see," repeated Passepartout; "but it would be, if not more prudent, since that word displeases you, at least more natural -- Around the World in Eighty Days
He said 'I am very displeased. The Sun
He looked extremely displeased.
They are "at ease," but as I am "sore displeased" with them, their ease is accursed. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Lucas looked to the side as he played and sang staring straight at the displeased and shocked Paige.
She was displeased by his conduct.
The girl was neatly dressed and quite handsome, yet, something in her expression displeased me the moment I looked upon her. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
A displeased Hussain is a beast to be reckoned with.
Maclaurin returned to Aberdeen to discover that the University was most certainly highly displeased that he had not been undertaking his duties for two years.
The crowd eventually dispersed, displeased that the scandalous royalty show had ended.
The Major smiled as he saw the boy dandifying himself in the glass: the old gentleman was not displeased with the appearance of the comely lad. The History of Pendennis
Her insolence greatly displeased the judge.
The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night.
He held conferences with the clergy and the Puritans at Hampton Court, and gave all his support to the Church and Prayer-book, thus discontenting the Protestant party, who were further displeased that he made peace with Spain. A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates
He was interrupted by loud grumbles of displeased soldiers.
May I never laugh at their mistakes, or resort to ridicule when they displease me.
His wife on hearing of this is displeased, so to maintain matrimonial harmony, he sends a telex cancelling his order.
They are often decisive; I confess they are a good deal so with me: and I cannot wish for further acquaintance with a man whose first 'abord' and address displease me. Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1749
But enough of that; the topic displeases me mightily. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
But she forgot how unelastic his strange routine of life must have left him, and she did not dream how her behavior in the park had displeased him. Different Girls
Does the idea displease you?" he asked, in his turn grave. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876
Otto returned to Rome in 997, reinstalled Gregory and made Rome his capital, which would displease the Germans and entangle him in fierce Roman factional politics.
`Your rudeness displeases me," Vincent observed in a voice that made my spine crinkle with fear. MY BABYSITTER HAS FANGS
No one along the route seemed displeased to see him and he certainly wasn't pelted with shredded sponsorship forms when he pulled up. Times, Sunday Times
Camilla, colouring, related the history of the cotillon; and said, she feared, not knowing how she had been circumstanced, he was displeased. Camilla
I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him.
The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me.
Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time be nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind. Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
Lairds routinely burned down the houses and seized the livestock of tenants who displeased them. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
While they will likely displease the Pakistani government, these stipulations on the $2.3 billion marked for Pakistan in the supplemental fall well within the accountability recommendations Senior Fellow Brian Katulis made when he returned from Pakistan last week. Wonk Room » Moving Beyond A Transactional U.S.-Pakistan Partnership
I was displeased that the Iran correspondent of Al-Akhbar newspaper--of all places--called the kooky Iran holocaust "conference" "courageous. Sunday, December 31, 2006
Schubb's gag order extends even to the outside activities of interviewees that displease him.
One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Margaret was temporarily silenced, but she still made displeased clucks as she looked her daughter over.
Ministry staff were terrified of the minister - terrified that they would end up in a cage in the basement prison if they displeased him in some way.
“Much as the idea displeases you, I don’t think you have any choice except to see Doc.” Impossible Places
But if pressed, she'll admit the new digital ones displease her.
And so this king came with Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time be nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind. Chapter III. The Fourteenth Book. How Sir Percivale Came into a Monastery, Where He Found King Evelake, Which Was an Old Man
Xio, who now was wearing a very displeased face replied, ‘My finals don't start till noon you little scrag!’
Under this view, slavery is wrong, but not because slavery is an ‘unnatural’ human social position or because slavery displeases God.
Geneva is anxious to do nothing to displease the Holy Alliance to which it owes its independence. Albert Savarus
He has displeased several in that neck of the woods by announcing that he will not seek to repeal Section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which proscribes hate speech. Archive 2009-01-01
Mary kept glancing over at her sister with a displeased expression.
“Have I not said it?” answered Cromwell, displeasedly. Woodstock
On two san diego luxury of rhythm and two isopropanol of maximum displeased lapp, perpetually cerastium sunfish a gnarly lozal of lancelike magnetron in introspectiveness. Rational Review
We need to get over our cultural cringe and recognise we have a national interest and occasionally acting in that interest will displease people and governments in other parts of the world.
The King frowned as though the name displeased him, then answered, The Ancient Allan
Moreover, his inconstancy is a proof of his rashness, because he is soon displeased with himself for what he has done. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1
He looked displeased but she ploughed on regardless .
Does the expression displease you, mademoiselle?" laughingly said the young man; "is it the word 'little,' or the word 'sister'? The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II
Unfortunately with this decision I count myself amongst the displeased.
And so this king came with Joseph into this land, and ever he was busy to be thereas the Sangreal was; and on a time he nighed it so nigh that Our Lord was displeased with him, but ever he followed it more and more, till God struck him almost blind. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Miss _Patty Sweetlips_, though the poor young lady blushed as red as scarlet, and seemed to be greatly displeased at the freedom which had been taken with her, Miss Chatterfast was so mischievous as to represent her to all her acquaintance as a bold little hussey, who loved to be kissed by the young gentlemen. Vice in its Proper Shape Or, The Wonderful and Melancholy Transformation of Several Naughty Masters and Misses Into Those Contemptible Animals Which They Most Resemble In Disposition.
An encouraging voice should always be used, except when you are displeased.
In which respect, not any one daring to displease her, shee went with the dead bodle to the Seigneurie, there to answere all Objections. The Decameron
Ronald notes Frances's displeased expression, and he touches her arm.
The King was greatly displeased by this suggestion and promptly adjourned the meeting.
In your estate, divide assets evenly among children, even if one displeases you or if one becomes wealthy.
Still, the government in recent years has increasingly sought to influence the two companies and push them toward activities that displease many private investors. Brazil's Push to Oust Vale's CEO Reflects Trend
‘Distraction,’ Boreal said decidedly, her voice sounding like the hiss of a displeased snake.
My name displeased me, and as the most fashionable name just then happened to be Abellino, I changed my name Bélá into it. A Hungarian Nabob
A prig is a tedious individual who, having made a discovery, is so impressed by his discovery that he is capable of being gravely displeased because the entire world is not also impressed by it. How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
He chuckled when she nodded and his eyes flashed in sweet amusement when she pulled a displeased face at him.
Desperation. if anything passes that displeases their handlers, Big Insurance, there will be hell to pay for the Repubs .. Rep. Kline to Obama: 'start from scratch' on health care
He'd do anything rather than displease his parents.
Unable to hear over the cheering, I nonetheless took his rabid lip-syncing to mean that, perhaps, he was a bit displeased. heh heh heh. Outfoxed Diary Entry
In a good poem, whether it be epic or dramatic, as also in sonnets, epigrams, and other pieces, both judgement and fancy are required: but the fancy must be more eminent; because they please for the extravagancy, but ought not to displease by indiscretion. Leviathan
Sin displeases me, madam," rejoined Hircan; "I am vexed at offending God; but pleasure pleases me. The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre
The young man had displeased both Increase and Cotton Mather, the archdeacons of the Puritan world.
Regarding books returned because a customer was displeased with it, Teicher said he thought some independent booksellers would be receptive to accepting such a return if they had recommended the book to the customer, though he noted, “I believe there was not a lot of handselling going on Friday night.” Dawn
Metamorphoses into theological fantasy at the end, which may displease some readers. Moscow’s New (But Cloudy) Day
City officials are displeased with the lack of progress.
`Your rudeness displeases me," Vincent observed in a voice that made my spine crinkle with fear. MY BABYSITTER HAS FANGS
She seemed displeased that the room's coloration didn't match her eyes, skin tone, or clothing.
Perhaps the gent is worried that if he displeases the young lady with his offering of Coke he shall feel the sting of that riding crop. Coca-Cola Breeds Contempt Among the Classes - The Retroist
One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
He finished 29th out of 72 runners in 65.34 which, since earlier he appeared to be struggling to clip his bumbag round his expanded waist, did not displease him.
Camden's mayor all but hides in her office, for fear she will utter a word that displeases her political boss, George Norcross III, a Democrat who has cut handsome deals with Mr. Christie. NYT > Home Page
The Chinagos -- such they were called by the indolent, brown-skinned island folk -- saw to it that they did not displease Schemmer too greatly. THE CHINAGO
I was about to offer a lie to the arthygater, since the truth displeased her, when the hierophant halted the torments. Wildfire
It was certainly not our intention to be offensive and we wish to again express our regret to anyone who was displeased by the ad.
He'd do anything rather than displease his parents.
But this way of looking on the endeavour of anybody, however humble, to just preserve your life, remedy in some degree the first, if it _was_ the first, unjustifiable measure, -- this being 'displeased' -- is exactly what I did The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
The new constitution greatly displeased the conservatives and clericals. Mexico's Lincoln: The ecstasy and agony of Benito Juarez
The entire people are slaves owned by the Sultan and these Datos, who exercise over the unfortunate wretches the worst species of tyrannical power; for as these nobles or _reguli_ are subject to no law but there own caprice, if any slave displeases his master, he can, without the slightest fear of having to give any account of the circumstance to a living soul, draw his kris, and murder the slave. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850
Weldon's voice showed that the idea displeased him. On the Firing Line
I gave her enough warning and she didn't put the puzzle together, or I didn't do my job as a displeased friend.
Even with his air of insanity, he still appeared lucid enough to be displeased.
Wakefield was displeased with me for what he called my irresponsibility in disappearing for over half an hour at such a time. Dead Cert
Hard, plain-spoken, without conscious ideals, satisfied with the _status quo_ (since the Corn Laws were passed), unelastic, relentless, he is yet capable of bursting out emotionally in a manner that displeases his more guarded son. Personality in Literature
I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him.
'The girl was neatly dressed and quite handsome, yet something in her expression displeased me the moment I looked upon her. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
The figures whitened in his mind unsolved : displeased , he let them fade.
Then she said to a young damoiselle that was fellow with her, and wrought in the same work: What think ye best now, either to displease this lady or else this good S. Edward? The Golden Legend, vol. 6
The old lady was displeased with the children's naughty behaviour.
Rude behaviour displeases greatly.
The music for the cantata Alexander Nevsky was taken from Sergei Prokofiev's score for a movie of the same name which won him popular acclaim but displeased the Soviet government.
However, he was displeased with the quality of teaching, especially in comparative anatomy.
The short man glared at him, displeased that he evoked no response.
I'd arrange for visitors over that weekend, and if he nipped at a visitor, I would make sure he understood I was very displeased.
Why you invariably denounce Mr. Hammond when you happen to be displeased with me, I can not conjecture; but I tell you solemnly that he has never even indirectly alluded to the question of 'duelling' since I have known him. St. Elmo
Later I asked myself - why did that displease me so?
The first single of this'll be "Kotzen" together with Walter Schreifels, which seemed to be a statement of the displeasedness of living in Germany and living together with fellow citizens in a musical way. The Fast Life
No matter how displeased she was with him - it was different with things.
Also the rasure or shaving which is on the overmost part of the head signifieth that between God and them ought to be nothing ne mean that should displease God, but their love should be in God without any letting and empeshment and should address in him their thoughts. The Golden Legend, vol. 3
Everything I did seemed to annoy and displease him.
You can still do those things even if they displease your parents.
He was not displeased that he had not seen it in the tribute waggon, was he?
Arsay has displeased me and that I have found someone else whom I wish to be the hierodule.
Taken far enough this produces exterminism, a notion that if you don't get your way or something displeases you it is possible simply to blot it out.
No one along the route seemed displeased to see him and he certainly wasn't pelted with shredded sponsorship forms when he pulled up. Times, Sunday Times
His wife on hearing of this is displeased, so to maintain matrimonial harmony, he sends a telex cancelling his order.
A man's soul doth wrong and disrespect itself first and especially, when as much as in itself lies it becomes an aposteme, and as it were an excrescency of the world, for to be grieved and displeased with anything that happens in the world, is direct apostacy from the nature of the universe; part of which, all particular natures of the world, are. Meditations
I could also extend effective protection to upright officers who happened to displease powerful politicians.
Harry Steele, Berkmann's shadily powerful owner and a self-made, somewhat conventionally malevolent-in-his-benignity downtown operator, is displeased by this apparent intrusion of the marvelous into his daily breakfast trade. In Priceland
As the devil of ill-luck would have it, half the audience did not know that H. had written it, but were displeased at his stealing from the "Road to Ruin;" and those who might have borne a gentlemanly coxcomb with his "That's your sort," "Go it" -- such as Lewis is -- did not relish the intolerable vulgarity and inanity of the idea stript of his manner. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
I could also extend effective protection to upright officers who happened to displease powerful politicians.
Illness in African society is often attributed to the breaking of a taboo or machinations of malicious or sometimes displeased ancestral spirits.
No one along the route seemed displeased to see him and he certainly wasn't pelted with shredded sponsorship forms when he pulled up. Times, Sunday Times
I am sorry the form of expression displeases you; but I assure you I am glad to see you. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times
Secretly, I'm not too displeased when someone starts throwing up.
`Your rudeness displeases me," Vincent observed in a voice that made my spine crinkle with fear. MY BABYSITTER HAS FANGS
I think you should know me, Sir?" continued he, looking displeasedly at the laird, with his face half turned round. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
‘That's a possibility that doesn't displease me,’ he said.
See, I should probably take Yoga and Tai Chi, it is just, my problem is NOT slowing my breathing, often my problem IS breathing, or rather I have MASTERED slow breathing to the point where I cannot be surpassed, which is what displeases people, since it turns out the body actually WANTS you to breathe or at least the oxygen you breathe in. So was it worth it?
Why, if she is displeased with you she must be unjust, _and is she ever unjust_? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
The contemners of the additional act, deaf to the voice of reason, would judge of it only from its title; and as this title displeased and alarmed them, they persisted in blackening and condemning the work on the score of its name, according to the vulgar proverb, _Give a dog a bad name, and hang him_. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
Much as the idea displeases you, I don't think you have any choice except to see Doc. Impossible Places
On both counts, national political leaders will displease their masters: oil supplies will not be adequate nor secure, and the workers will not be docile.

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