You see what displeases an educated mind, wins a rough, uncultured one.
But this turning and turning still, displeases some much.
As my dancing displeases you so excessively," says Roger, slowly, "it seems a shame to condemn you to keep the rest of your engagements with me.
I keep myself pure and innocent, so that His Eye falling upon me may never see anything that displeases Him.
Is not that ground which sometimes displeases you so greatly, that ground of clouded thought, precisely the one upon which have grown many of the most glorious fruits of older civilisations?
There is and can be no explanation of why one thing pleases one man and displeases another, or vice versa.
The good generally displeases us when it is beyond our ken.
Observe carefully, then, what displeases or pleases you in others, and be persuaded, that in general; the same things will please or displease them in you.
It is impossible to hold out against the hatred of these men; their power is absolute over any prisoner who displeases them, and they can make his life a torment far worse than death.
Then pray what particularly displeases you in my face this evening?
I am extremely sorry that my face displeases you, Diana," said I.
If something displeases him, he can defend himself against it very ingeniously and appear most critical.
Jealousy may be odious when it proceeds from a love which displeases us; but when we return that love, such feelings should delight us.
On this principle they defame, persecute, and destroy every one who displeases them.
It matters little if it displeases him; he is forced to submit to it, and, like a harnessed horse, he must walk between the shafts in the harness put on him.
But in other places he betrays what really displeases him in the ‘swagger,’ at which he directs his philosophical verse; it makes too much ado about the officer.
And it is precisely because our love displeases him and displeases my step-mother even more that he wants to get me away from you.
Since my ladder displeases you, instead of uttering a thousand follies, try rather to discover--" Stephen struck his forehead.
It displeases her to be under Ivan's charge; he shall be only her humble servant.
A house which absolutely displeases me I cause to be pulled down, not to be embellished.
Her course of reading displeases you: I cannot defend it: but I am persuaded that it is not a proof of her taste being vitiated.
If shedispleases him in any way, even if her cooking does not suit him, a word from her husband suffices to divorce a wife, according to Moslem law.
No Christian woman has to contend with the fact that if her husband wearies of her, or some carelessness displeases him, he is perfectly at liberty to cast her off as he would toss aside an old shoe.
This squeamishness, Elsie, is the one thing about you that displeasesme very much.
It displeases me very much, and you may rest assured that you will never get anything that you ask for in that way.
But it displeases me to pass a second time where has passed already the wrath of the very just God.
Well," quoth he, "My Lord the Invincible, itdispleases me to see thee planted there so arrogantly and unhorsing us all in this fashion.
It displeases God, and though we do not offend Him very greatly, we still offend Him.
Venial sin makes God less friendly to us and displeases Him.
In general, he said, criticism displeases me; it supposes so little talent.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "displeases" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
