How to Use dissatisfaction in a Sentence

dissatisfaction

noun
  • There was widespread dissatisfaction with the President and his administration.
  • Yet their brownstone dreams mask a deeper dissatisfaction.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Waiting only guarantees more of the same: stress, self-doubt, and dissatisfaction.
    Melody Wilding, Contributor, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Some users also pointed out that other actors have expressed dissatisfaction with past roles and not received backlash for it.
    al, 14 July 2022
  • Second, widespread voter dissatisfaction with the status quo.
    Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • At the time, his relatives expressed dissatisfaction with the Biden administration's efforts to bring him home.
    Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 13 July 2022
  • Understanding the data and the enormity of dissatisfaction with work is an important step toward creating a better future of work.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • At the root of that urge is dissatisfaction, and anger against society and the world that cannot be vented.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But amid dissatisfaction with the economy, the mood for change seemed set against Bush.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 July 2024
  • The dissatisfaction peaks around the 21st, but so, too, does your discernment.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But lawmakers from the wings of both parties have expressed dissatisfaction with some of the details of the deal.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 29 May 2023
  • There's a lot of dissatisfaction among his base about his handling of issues like the economy and the war in Israel-Gaza.
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Just 5% of the state’s Democrats expressed dissatisfaction with him.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • This leads to a loss of revenue and dissatisfaction amongst both the professionals and their clients.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • As a dig at generational dissatisfaction and/or a lament about the migrant’s blues, the film is good enough.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the clip of Kelce and Reid’s interaction, the coach stumbled as the player grabbed his arm and voiced his dissatisfaction with the decision.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Bass said she has been told that one reason for the departures is dissatisfaction with the rules in place at the program’s hotels and motels.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
  • Getting older is the first time that the narrator of All Fours has had to confront dissatisfaction with her body.
    Christine Smallwood, Vulture, 6 May 2024
  • This isn’t the first time that members of the guild have publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with union leadership.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
  • The fact that so many persist in the profession – at least for a while – should not distract from the frustrations and dissatisfaction that this produces.
    Matthew Powers, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
  • Lugo told The Times, expressing his dissatisfaction with the length of Martinez’s prison term.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • But Owen is no less fascinating, Pullman’s sharp turn pinned to where dissatisfaction leads the weak-willed.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • Loneliness gets to the heart of the spiritual dissatisfaction and self-denial seen post-Covid and in both the pro-Hamas and pro–George Floyd rioting.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
  • To review Biden’s proposals, though, is to be reminded of why reforming the Court is so hard, despite the dissatisfaction and a wealth of ideas.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The sources of public dissatisfaction are not limited to the lockdowns.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Business groups have argued the new rules could foster dissatisfaction in the workplace.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, a recent poll from Gallup found that dissatisfaction with the lax status quo is the highest its been in more than 20 years — and that was before a pair of mass shootings in Tennessee and Kentucky.
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Schwertner, who has served in the Senate since 2013, has expressed dissatisfaction with those changes.
    James Barragán, Chron, 7 Feb. 2023
  • These changes point to a larger issue that’s driving so much dissatisfaction with team merch in general, among players and fans alike.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
  • That there was low dissatisfaction on all 25 conditions on the list due to the relative low risk of marijuana.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022

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