How To Use Displeased In A Sentence
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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
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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
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He said 'I am very displeased.
The Sun
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The man's face is set in a displeased grimace, his brow furrowed in certain displeasure.
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And once she'd caught his displeased look when he looked at her and her child.
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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
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He was displeased about the whole affair.
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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
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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
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She frowns softly, more of a piteous look than a displeased one.
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She was starting to feel a bit vexed and it displeased her greatly.
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Her insolence greatly displeased the judge.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Her reply displeased her father.
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One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her.
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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Her conduct displeased her family.
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God, who seeth at all times, and in every place, will be displeased with those who deceive their parents.
Archive 2009-03-01
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She frowned a little, as if displeased with what Asha had told her.
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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.
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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
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They entered the Council room only a moment later and were instantly greeted by an even number of displeased glares and calm stares.
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One time in particular, what was around the next corner, was a very large, very displeased street dog.
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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
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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
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Have I not said it?" answered Cromwell, displeasedly.
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
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He said 'I am very displeased.
The Sun
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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
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Plenty of manic humour abounds - Alison Wells' displeased Italian mother is a classic.
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I catch a displeased look from her in the mirror.
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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
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Of course, there are those that would be displeased no matter what he does secondary to their unreasonable bias.
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I mimicked the innocent grin she displayed herself moments ago, mocking her now displeased demeanor.
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This blog is all private, if there's sth displeased u, please just skip it!
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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
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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
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He said 'I am very displeased.
The Sun
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He looked extremely displeased.
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They are "at ease," but as I am "sore displeased" with them, their ease is accursed.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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Lucas looked to the side as he played and sang staring straight at the displeased and shocked Paige.
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She was displeased by his conduct.
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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
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A displeased Hussain is a beast to be reckoned with.
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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.
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The crowd eventually dispersed, displeased that the scandalous royalty show had ended.
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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
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Her insolence greatly displeased the judge.
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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
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He was interrupted by loud grumbles of displeased soldiers.
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His wife on hearing of this is displeased, so to maintain matrimonial harmony, he sends a telex cancelling his order.
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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
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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
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Camilla, colouring, related the history of the cotillon; and said, she feared, not knowing how she had been circumstanced, he was displeased.
Camilla
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The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me.
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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)
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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
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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
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One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her.
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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Margaret was temporarily silenced, but she still made displeased clucks as she looked her daughter over.
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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.
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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
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Xio, who now was wearing a very displeased face replied, ‘My finals don't start till noon you little scrag!’
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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
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Mary kept glancing over at her sister with a displeased expression.
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“Have I not said it?” answered Cromwell, displeasedly.
Woodstock
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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
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The King frowned as though the name displeased him, then answered,
The Ancient Allan
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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
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He looked displeased but she ploughed on regardless .
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Unfortunately with this decision I count myself amongst the displeased.
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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
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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.
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An encouraging voice should always be used, except when you are displeased.
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Ronald notes Frances's displeased expression, and he touches her arm.
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The King was greatly displeased by this suggestion and promptly adjourned the meeting.
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‘Distraction,’ Boreal said decidedly, her voice sounding like the hiss of a displeased snake.
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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
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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
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He chuckled when she nodded and his eyes flashed in sweet amusement when she pulled a displeased face at him.
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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
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Outfoxed Diary Entry
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The young man had displeased both Increase and Cotton Mather, the archdeacons of the Puritan world.
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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
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City officials are displeased with the lack of progress.
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She seemed displeased that the room's coloration didn't match her eyes, skin tone, or clothing.
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One look at the woman's face told her that something displeased her.
THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
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I was about to offer a lie to the arthygater, since the truth displeased her, when the hierophant halted the torments.
Wildfire
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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.
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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
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The new constitution greatly displeased the conservatives and clericals.
Mexico's Lincoln: The ecstasy and agony of Benito Juarez
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Weldon's voice showed that the idea displeased him.
On the Firing Line
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I gave her enough warning and she didn't put the puzzle together, or I didn't do my job as a displeased friend.
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Even with his air of insanity, he still appeared lucid enough to be displeased.
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Wakefield was displeased with me for what he called my irresponsibility in disappearing for over half an hour at such a time.
Dead Cert
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'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
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The figures whitened in his mind unsolved : displeased , he let them fade.
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The old lady was displeased with the children's naughty behaviour.
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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.
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However, he was displeased with the quality of teaching, especially in comparative anatomy.
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The short man glared at him, displeased that he evoked no response.
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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.
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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
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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
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No matter how displeased she was with him - it was different with things.
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He was not displeased that he had not seen it in the tribute waggon, was he?
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Arsay has displeased me and that I have found someone else whom I wish to be the hierodule.
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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
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His wife on hearing of this is displeased, so to maintain matrimonial harmony, he sends a telex cancelling his order.
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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
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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
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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
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Illness in African society is often attributed to the breaking of a taboo or machinations of malicious or sometimes displeased ancestral spirits.
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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
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Secretly, I'm not too displeased when someone starts throwing up.
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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
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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)
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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
