How to Use displease in a Sentence

displease

verb
  • However, don’t pour your yogurt on the heads of those who displease you.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Leon had a reputation for turning hard on those who displeased him.
    — Michelle Cottle, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Trump has repeatedly attacked judges who have ruled in ways that displease him.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Saban, who has been at the forefront of the debate for years, was predictably displeased with the new changes.
    — John Talty, AL.com, 30 May 2017
  • Many Internet service providers are displeased by the change.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2020
  • That is significant to the team, as is the fact brown and yellow were less displeasing to those who did not like it.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • And Auburn fans are displeased with Gus Malzahn at midseason.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 29 Oct. 2019
  • But generally, the Wild were displeased with their play in close to Fleury.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The Terps, displeased with how the season went, attacked the transfer portal hard.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Obeidi imagined two years but, fearful of displeasing Kamel, said one year.
    — Jacques E. C. Hymans, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2012
  • Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Trump has consistently backed off from any plan to lower drug prices that would displease corporate donors.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • As is often the case when companies displease their customers en masse, there’s lots of finger-pointing.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The back-and-forth about the citizenship question also displeased the plaintiffs in the case.
    — Tara Law, Time, 5 July 2019
  • Cue the rattling of sabers and gnashing of teeth — until a deal is done that pleases (and displeases) both parties.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Some Democrats who remained in Washington were displeased.
    — Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Patel hasn’t been reluctant to fight back against reporting that displeases him.
    — David Bauder, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Either approach can work, even if the adaptations that veer from the books inevitably displease some loyal readers.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In mainland China, displeasing the government can land one in even more trouble.
    — Steve Mollman, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Through a lot of hard work, Daniel has improved upon those defensive deficiencies that displeased his mom in the past.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Now parents to three children, Reynolds and his wife are still surprised by the reach of their anniversary story—but not displeased with it.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • With the 90-minute runtime, every question asked will leave out ones not asked, displeasing some constituency.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 June 2024
  • Still, there are Democrats in the upper chamber displeased with the bill, with at least a dozen senators expected to oppose it.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Flowers can at times displease the gods The Puranas also explain which flowers might displease the gods.
    — Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
  • These witnesses of her that have grown out of her can startle or displease her with the independence—the non-bias—of their observations.
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The king makes elderly advisers crawl on the ground before him, shaves the heads of courtiers who displease him and has disowned several of his children.
    — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2020
  • George, displeased that the Clippers would only offer a three-year deal, bounced for Philadelphia on a four-year max.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Questioning edits is another tool for the president to strike back at journalists who displease him.
    — David Bauder, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Khamenei was known to be displeased when asked to referee disagreements between subordinates.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Bromley, displeased, asked for a show of hands from anyone who believed that this was the most interesting story Jamie had to tell about himself.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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