How to Use displeasure in a Sentence
displeasure
noun- The meeting will give people who object to the policy a chance to voice their displeasure.
- Fans showed their displeasure at the umpire's call by booing loudly.
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The Guardians voiced their displeasure to MLB about the search.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022 -
The crowd voiced its displeasure, at least the fans who showed up.
— Pat Graham, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2022 -
In 2000, World drew the displeasure of the Times columnist William Safire.
— Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 -
This isn’t the first time the apex court has expressed its displeasure at the practice.
— Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Sixx caught wind of the comments and took to Twitter to voice his displeasure.
— Grace Natanawan, SPIN, 8 Feb. 2022 -
Young’s fans were quick to make their displeasure known.
— Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Then the river swerved away in displeasure, leaving the lands parched.
— Alizeh Kohari, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 -
All-Star or a first-team all-league pick this season and had voiced her displeasure about that.
— Pat Eaton-Robb, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 -
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old macaque named Luffy did his best to woo Yakei, much to her displeasure.
— New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 -
This isn’t the first time that the singer has expressed displeasure related to her career.
— Vulture, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Netanyahu, much to his displeasure, had no choice but to remove him.
— Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 July 2023 -
In his worldview, rivers swerved in anger or displeasure over human excess, the ground breathed fire, and the earth yawned open to swallow the world.
— Alizeh Kohari, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 -
Love thy neighbor The countries snubbed by the tour haven’t been shy about making their displeasure with the agreement known.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 -
One of the worst types of peers to have the displeasure of working with are those who exhibit signs of narcissism.
— Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Most of my day was spent in displeasure, and my mental health was suffering for it.
— Taylore Glynn, Allure, 22 Sep. 2022 -
The Falcons shared their displeasure with Jackson after the play.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022 -
Tens of thousands of people have turned out in recent days to make their displeasure known.
— Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021 -
China has already made its displeasure at the prospect clear.
— Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024 -
Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama showed an interest in art from a young age—much to her parents’ displeasure.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024 -
Mayfield and Islander coach Lane Lambert both expressed their displeasure with the non-call on the ice.
— Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The Timbers’ Twitter account voiced its displeasure with the call, as did swaths of Timbers fans.
— oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Want to show your polite displeasure with the guy behind you riding your bumper?
— Charles Dryer and Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 7 July 2022 -
Several of the students stood up and waved their thumbs down to express their displeasure at the outcome.
— Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024 -
In one instance someone knocked on his door to voice displeasure.
— Kim Bojórquez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022 -
Howard took off his mask while approaching Gard and shared his displeasure with the late timeout.
— Andrew Hammond, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022 -
In a tweet, Sixx expressed his displeasure and mocked Vedder and his Pearl Jam bandmates.
— Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Feb. 2022 -
The Qataris have not yet threatened to end their mediation role, but voiced displeasure with Haniyeh’s killing.
— Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Russia has signalled its displeasure with the Globus systems by practicing to blow them up.
— Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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