DISPLEASURE in a Sentence

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His displeasure against herself she trusted, reasoning differently from Mrs. Norris, would now be done away.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISPLEASURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
displeasure
 n.  the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  Sir Thomas gave her more credit for discretion on the occasion than she deserved; and Fanny could have blessed her for allowing her only to see her displeasure, and not to hear it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  Her displeasure, her penetration, and her happiness were all fearful to encounter; and the dependence of having others present when they met was Fanny's only support in looking forward to it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  She was almost vexed into displeasure and anger against Edmund.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  There was no sign of displeasure, or even of hearing her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
6  His displeasure against herself she trusted, reasoning differently from Mrs. Norris, would now be done away.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
7  The kind tone of this answer, the sweet voice, the gentle manner, the absence of any accent of haughtiness or displeasure, took the girl completely by surprise, and she burst into tears.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  That he did not, upon the whole, think it advisable to interrupt her conversation with Wildeve, without being prepared to bear the whole weight of her displeasure, was obvious.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
9  The naturalist's angry gestures showed that the lady was included in his displeasure.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
10  The young lady resumed her seat with an air of displeasure.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
11  It was the first time she had received a direct communication from Bellomont since the close of her last visit there, and she was still visited by the dread of having incurred Judy's displeasure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
12  Lily interrupted her with a deep blush of displeasure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
13  At the slightest disappointment or displeasure, her velvety brown eyes filled with tears, and she would lift her chin and walk silently away.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: III
14  But yonder is one who has never known the weight of Heaven's displeasure until now.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
15  A dozen soldiers turned their faces quickly toward him and frowned with vague displeasure.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence:
1  Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.
2  He saw the English victory as a sign of divine displeasure.