How to Use none too in a Sentence

none too

idiom
  • Owen resolves to protect the pair, but then the baby is kidnapped, and Blue is none too pleased.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Rotterdammers were none too pleased and threatened to pelt the yacht with rotten eggs.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Two activists, it should be said, who are none too fond of democracy.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 6 Nov. 2021
  • His competitors were green with envy and none too hap-pea.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • The matriarch of the Simpsons family was none too pleased.
    Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2020
  • And Reddington is none too happy that Dembe called on his team.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Plus, some of the few women who had made it to the top of motorsport seemed none too pleased about the concept of a segregated series.
    Laura Parker, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • Patriots fans were none too pleased with the performance of their offense.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • But there is a group that has little to gain from it, and is none too happy about the rule—to the point many are actively lobbying against it: doctors.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Consumer groups in France were none too thrilled with Apple’s behavior with respect to iPhone speed.
    Yoni Heisler, BGR, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Blessed because the Mavericks seem to be building momentum — none too soon with the playoffs a month away.
    Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
  • The other fans, mostly family of Utah players, were none too pleased about his outburst.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Momoa seems to sense that the story is wandering dazedly hither and thither, none too fast, and needs punching awake.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
  • But siblings Wednesday and Pugsley are none too happy about the new addition, and try their best to eliminate the infant.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Head coach Bruce Arians was none too pleased afterward.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2021
  • For all these second thoughts, the novel doesn’t spend more time on how differently things might have gone, with the result that this David appears none too different from the first one.
    Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
  • According to Rasch, the availability of such solutions comes none too soon.
    Judith Magyar, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • But the listener base that made Lover Boy one of the biggest albums of the decade so far clearly wanted more of that Drake, and the rest of Nevermind was none too enthusiastic about giving it to them.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 28 June 2022
  • Less than 10 minutes in, Hill was none too happy about Nick Cousins crashing into his crease and gave the agitating Panthers winger a jab that incited a handful of scrums.
    Stephen Whyno, ajc, 4 June 2023
  • The Continental’s current manager, Cormac (Mel Gibson), is none too happy about this, and willing to kill anyone who stands in between him and the coin press.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And Californians are none too fond of a potential second term for the president.
    Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Previous colonizers the Harkonnen are none too pleased, nor the Fremen, natives of Arrakis.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Separately, Ackman’s wife is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal of her own that Ackman is none too happy about.
    Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Warren, none too happy with that response, called for more immediate action.
    David Goldman, CNN, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The result was none too surprising considering the Brewers' trend of struggling mightily against left-handed starters such as Davidson.
    Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2022
  • Fans were none too pleased about the sudden cancellation of the public on-sale, with many characterizing Ticketmaster as a monopoly that needs to be broken up.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Some are good; most are studio cash grabs, blandly engineered and mechanically foisted on a public assumed to be none too bright or demanding.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Marvel fans, particularly those yet to experience the thrill of seeing three Peter Parkers, were none too pleased by Kardashian spoiling the reunion.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
  • Swift was apparently none too pleased about—Kardashian released Snapchat videos depicting a phone conversation between West and Swift.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 28 Oct. 2022
  • To her credit, Janey eventually walked back her profoundly ill-considered, and none too eloquent, analogy.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021

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