Sentence examples for couldn't please from inspiring English sources

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Hendy couldn't please everyone.

He felt in his mind he couldn't please his owners".

I felt as if I couldn't please anyone, and I felt susceptible to feelings of despair and panic.

If I got an A-plus, she'd say, 'Did you get the highest grade in the class?' You couldn't please her".

Of course, there were those nights when even the maitre d', the most powerful man in the house, couldn't please everyone.

He said he couldn't please everybody when it came to views on supermarkets over small High Street stores.

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She was aware that she could not please her parents the way her sister Joan could.

Ultimately Netanyahu could not please both sides without paying a price.

She says that when her husband asked her to wear makeup, she did but still could not please him.

In choosing between the two sides, Howell knew he could not please everyone — not even all his House Republican colleagues, who were split on the map.

Although Mr. Chen's words on cross-strait issues today were designed to avoid provocation, the entire speech carried a subtext that could not please leaders in Beijing.

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