Example Sentences

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Peeped a Chinese Government official, after asking that his name be kept secret: "The Japanese Ambassador is saying things which are displeasing to the Chinese People and to the Chinese Government."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'm sure there are aspects of it that are displeasing to almost everyone, but the point is, this is a way to get started, and that's what we hope to do."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I said, monsieur, that the words you have just spoken are displeasing to my English ears."

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre

It is those ways that are displeasing to me.

From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Frederick, Edmund

If thou makest a vow unto God, fail not to fulfil it, for fools are displeasing.

From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Dillon, Emile Joseph