How to Use displeasure in a Sentence

displeasure

noun

• The meeting will give people who object to the policy a chance to voice their displeasure.
• Fans showed their displeasure at the umpire's call by booing loudly.
• The Guardians voiced their displeasure to MLB about the search.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• The crowd voiced its displeasure, at least the fans who showed up.
  — Pat Graham, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• In 2000, World drew the displeasure of the Times columnist William Safire.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t the first time the apex court has expressed its displeasure at the practice.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023
• Sixx caught wind of the comments and took to Twitter to voice his displeasure.
  — Grace Natanawan, SPIN, 8 Feb. 2022
• Young’s fans were quick to make their displeasure known.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• Then the river swerved away in displeasure, leaving the lands parched.
  — Alizeh Kohari, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• All-Star or a first-team all-league pick this season and had voiced her displeasure about that.
  — Pat Eaton-Robb, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
• Meanwhile, an 18-year-old macaque named Luffy did his best to woo Yakei, much to her displeasure.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• And for that, most USC fans have turned their ire to Jones, who hasn’t been shy about voicing his displeasure during the past week.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• This isn’t the first time that the singer has expressed displeasure related to her career.
  — Vulture, 15 Jan. 2023
• Netanyahu, much to his displeasure, had no choice but to remove him.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 July 2023
• In his worldview, rivers swerved in anger or displeasure over human excess, the ground breathed fire, and the earth yawned open to swallow the world.
  — Alizeh Kohari, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• Love thy neighbor The countries snubbed by the tour haven’t been shy about making their displeasure with the agreement known.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
• By the end of the game, the remaining folks were too soaked and unhappy to even express their displeasure.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2021
• One of the worst types of peers to have the displeasure of working with are those who exhibit signs of narcissism.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• Most of my day was spent in displeasure, and my mental health was suffering for it.
  — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 22 Sep. 2022
• The Falcons shared their displeasure with Jackson after the play.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
• Tens of thousands of people have turned out in recent days to make their displeasure known.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• China has already made its displeasure at the prospect clear.
  — Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama showed an interest in art from a young age—much to her parents’ displeasure.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
• Mayfield and Islander coach Lane Lambert both expressed their displeasure with the non-call on the ice.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Timbers’ Twitter account voiced its displeasure with the call, as did swaths of Timbers fans.
  — oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
• Want to show your polite displeasure with the guy behind you riding your bumper?
  — Charles Dryer and Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 7 July 2022
• Several of the students stood up and waved their thumbs down to express their displeasure at the outcome.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• In one instance someone knocked on his door to voice displeasure.
  — Kim Bojórquez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• Ask Me Anything quoted in the book, Nick also expressed his initial displeasure with the episode.
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
• Employees had previously voiced their displeasure with each new policy that required more days in the office through walkouts, open letters, and threatening to quit.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024