Sentence examples for that might displease from inspiring English sources
Although at the time I didn't realize what was happening, I was unable to make a decision that might displease those around me.
Human rights advocates said on Tuesday that they were bewildered by the killings, noting that the two had not engaged in work that might displease influential people in Chechnya on either side of the fighting.
You won't ask tough questions in hearings that might displease potential contributors, won't support amendments that might anger them, will tend to vote the way contributors want you to vote". The influence of corporate money on Congress is exacerbated by how out of touch congressmen are with the daily struggles of most Americans.
But that might displease Blue Capital, as short-term profits would suffer.
That is a characteristic of a fearful drone whose greatest fear is that they might displease their boss.
In an email to NPR's media writer, David Folkenflik, Simeone captured the absurdity of the matter: "What is NPR afraid I'll do – insert a seditious comment into a synopsis of Madame Butterfly?" NPR's move was plainly motivated by the network's fear of controversy – which translates to outright spinelessness when confronted with even a hint that something might displease the right wing.
Marie and Ferdinand were advised by King Carol to maintain a restricted group of friends; thus, Marie would lament that her familial circle had been shrunk to only the King and Ferdinand, "who stood in mighty awe of the iron old man, forever trembling that any action of [hers] might displease that duty-bound head of the family".
That might not displease Ms Merkel: Christian Wulff, the minister-president of Lower Saxony, and Roland Koch, his counterpart in Hesse, are her two main rivals for leadership of the CDU.
Since O'Donnell has invoked China as an enemy of convenience, it might displease her to discover that she has attracted at least a few fans here.
It is quite likely that Queen Victoria never said it, and to trot it out every time anything happens that might be displeasing to the Queen is not amusing at all.
This might displease the experts, but as Robert Dickerson, an analyst at Consumer Edge Research, notes, the sweet stuff is what sells.
