Sentence examples for displease someone from inspiring English sources

"When everything is going well, that may also displease someone," Mr. Filin said when asked whether the attack was planned by someone within the company.

"From this point on, virtually every substantive decision is guaranteed to displease someone," said William Rodgers, Newtown's second selectman and a nonvoting director of the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation, which was set up to disburse the $10.2 million.

The decisions regarding what to show and what to skirt over during his action-packed reign are never-ending, and the writer's choices are always going to displease someone: the young and the not-so-young adult, the hard-nosed historian, the fan of the recent TV series, the school librarian.

"I'm sorry that I seem to have displeased both witches and some citizens, but it's the fate of any book worth its salt and ink to displease someone," said Updike, when asked for his reaction to all the fuss.

"Then you do not want to displease someone, or they have bought a lot of food.

(Low SES woman, 44 years old) "Then you do not want to displease someone, or they have bought a lot of food.

Many of the women found that they tended to try and please everybody; they would try to fit many things into their lives even if they knew they really couldn't, didn't actually want to, or were just saying yes for fear of displeasing someone.

With all the work we put into this, we're displeased when someone who is not licensed and certified to administer bad advice to writers comes along and does so without even consulting our institute first.

For once, Branson doesn't sound too displeased about putting someone else in the hotseat.

Nozinja adopts a Caesar-like position as he inspects the dancers, occasionally tutting in disgust when someone displeases him or yelping with pleasure and elbowing me in the ribs if someone nails a routine.

She has such drive; if she knows someone is displeased, she tries all the harder to do right.