How to Use dissatisfy in a Sentence

dissatisfy

verb
  • She was dissatisfied by the poor service.
  • But that may change since consumers have been dissatisfied with them.
    — Diana Budds, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The two were able to say goodbye, even if it was rushed and dissatisfying, in the premiere.
    — Megan Vick, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Even so, there was always something about the finished print that dissatisfied him.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The wacky rookie camp tryout dissatisfied them so much that they were compelled to trade for Pineiro.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Epstein and Lee found that users were also dissatisfied by the apps’ one-size-fits-all approach.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 May 2017
  • Nine percent were dissatisfied, while the rest were neutral or didn’t express an opinion.
    — Lynn Horsley, kansascity.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Bridges, who began wearing a jacket and tie at age four, was dissatisfied with the selection of bow ties for the younger set.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2014
  • At the time, Jens was not alone in being dissatisfied with his paycheck from Mojang.
    — Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson, Wired News, 2 June 2015
  • Sellers provide a refund with no questions asked if a customer is dissatisfied with a purchase.
    — Claire Fu, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • More than four in 10 are dissatisfied with their health care costs and say affording basic medical care is a hardship.
    — Zak Hudak, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Two members of a planning group from 2017 are dissatisfied today.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2019
  • In a few cases, companies unhappy with how their drug was graded or dissatisfied with the price have pulled out of the German market.
    — Noam N. Levey, latimes.com, 19 June 2019
  • Ternan said his clients were dissatisfied that the city staff was trying to lock the Council into a yes or no vote on a specific replacement plan.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 18 July 2019
  • By the time Christie won his second term in 2013, polls showed that voters were dissatisfied with his handling of the issue.
    — Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Dissatisfied with what was on the market, Chanel launched her first lip color collection in 1924.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 3 July 2017
  • The city’s decision to move the statue from its current location dissatisfied some in Palm Springs.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The survey found 52% of respondents were dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the virus outbreak.
    — Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
    — JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Rauner also has been long dissatisfied with Emanuel for not taking a harsher stand against the Chicago Teachers Union.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
  • In a winner-take-all race with so many undecided voters, Hill hopes to capture just enough voters dissatisfied with the status quo of the party machine.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • There was plenty to nitpick about the 1-1 tie with the Bearcats and, as all teams aspiring to greatness do, Xavier found plenty to be dissatisfied about.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • However, some fans were dissatisfied with the fact that Jaime wasn’t the one to ultimately take Cersei out and instead died comforting her.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 June 2019
  • But the plaintiffs’ attorney, Jack Ternan, said Friday that his clients were dissatisfied with where things stood coming out of that meeting.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 19 July 2019
  • For those Texans who are dissatisfied with Cruz and/or his party in Washington, his reelection bid will be their first chance to make those feelings known.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Eighty-three percent of Democrats are dissatisfied with the gap between the wealthy and the poor, compared with 43 percent of Republicans.
    — Juana Summers, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
  • But on Capitol Hill, the agency's acting director denied that rank-and-file agents at the bureau were dissatisfied with their leadership.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • Since 2013, the state, dissatisfied with its scores, has shifted through three standardized-testing modules for elementary- and middle-school students.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 July 2019
  • But the group's first full-length album was actually recorded in a single night three years before that — then shelved when Dennis Flemion was dissatisfied with the reverb on the recordings.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The event intends to create a conservative alternative for viewers dissatisfied with the football league's direction.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

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