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But Digory was disliking his Uncle more every minute, so he said nothing.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Polly, who was disliking the Queen and feeling rather sulky, would not have let her hand be taken if she could have helped it.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Every way embarrassed as I was, disliking my companions, afraid of my own interest in him, a veil was drawn over my mind, through which he could neither judge of my good nor bad qualities.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane

Above the depths where these impressions were received was his consciousness that he must be careful if Karen were not to guess how much he was disliking her guardian.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

Margaret was disliking him, his manner was so offensively familiar and patronizing—and her plans concerning him made her contemptuous of herself, and therefore resentful against him.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham