Example Sentences

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I believed that so many prayers and tears, and love without measure, would not have been displeasing to God. . . .

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian

They had no intention, however, of following him, for that would have been displeasing to the veteran, who, had he desired their company, would have asked for it.

From Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

This proposal seems not to have been displeasing either to Æne´as or to the Trojans.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

The company commonly gathered at his house would have been displeasing to Johnson.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

He was so far from conceiving that his account of the defalcation in the Events could have been displeasing to them, that he bore them none of an offender's malice.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean