Interpreting deformities as portents or signs of divine displeasure continued well into the sixteenth century. |
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Her arms tightened around the purring cat involuntarily, causing him to mewl with displeasure and wiggle free of her grasp. |
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He sharply reacted with utter disappointment and displeasure in his talks with Congress about the national flag. |
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Then he turned and looked right at me, a triumphant grin battling the displeasure. |
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The trip was 106 miles along one of the worst roads, never mind a supposed trunk road, I've ever had the displeasure to drive on. |
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This is supposed to have arisen from the Saint's displeasure of his mortal remains being removed from his preferred place of rest. |
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Mother Brigitta found opportunity for various marginal notes, which indicated her displeasure at the boldness of this ill-bred fop. |
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To her great displeasure something had leaked in her backpack, a dark blue ooze had slimed a course all throughout the entire bag. |
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The first half saw numerous bookings by the young referee, with Southall venting their displeasure at every opportunity. |
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For all my snark and displeasure, there are still some good things about the Complete Seventh Season. |
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She then turned her attention to the midget, who was making squeaky sounds of displeasure. |
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Traffic was blocked for a few minutes, until a woman in an SUV edged her way through and shouted her displeasure. |
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After he returned to the bench, he was chewed out by his coach, who punctuated his displeasure by emphatically grabbing the player's leg. |
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In fact, the essay is so positive and loving as to be a panegyric, and it is difficult to understand the intensity of his displeasure. |
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Horses clomped out a steady pace up front, neighing every now and then to show their displeasure at being harnessed. |
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All the time, those in the queue behind me did not register the slightest show of impatience or displeasure. |
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Other attendees expressed displeasure with Turner's decision to colorize the cinematic classic. |
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Or was the latest story a pure invention to enable the government to avoid Washington's displeasure? |
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Her large nostrils were permanently flared in an expression of exceeding displeasure at the world in general. |
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One of our local councilmen has taken to giving interviews to anyone who will listen to express his displeasure over the new system. |
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God's displeasure can only be appeased, then, if a propitiatory sacrifice is made. |
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But a departure from routine can be used effectively to signal political displeasure. |
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He did not hide his displeasure about the loss of integrity and how dishonesty has set in. |
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To her surprise, instead of Yelena's usual look of irritation and displeasure, their mother had tears running down her face. |
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However, much to Bryce's displeasure and dismay, Alex was a good player and asset to the team. |
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Irritated bees make their displeasure known, by administering painful stings. |
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It was with sheer displeasure and utter disgust that I once again witnessed Brian Lara given another bad decision. |
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He nodded abruptly, but his eyes were still filled with displeasure and disdain. |
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Ms Sheehan encouraged the rally to show the government their displeasure with the development at the next state elections. |
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She muttered, flicking ashes irritably at a passing woman, who snorted her displeasure. |
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Thus disgruntled, he did not well hide his displeasure nor his attitude towards girls in common. |
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His displeasure and irritation with the slow pace of progress at this weekend's Barcelona summit was plain for all to see. |
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Williams is disgusted but uses her displeasure in determined fashion, winning the next point to earn a set point. |
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The irate couple got up to leave in disgust, and the woman barked her displeasure at the waiter. |
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The look of astonishment faded though, and all that was left was her usual look of grim disgust and displeasure. |
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All these memories mean that I associate fishing with pain and extreme displeasure and discomfort. |
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The man's face is set in a displeased grimace, his brow furrowed in certain displeasure. |
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Stassy couldn't find the words to get her point across, so she let her sneer of revulsion and displeasure do the talking for her. |
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May I displeasure you with the exceptional third paragraph of his lengthier review? |
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Dolly took full advantage of the outrageous disruption to vent her bad temper and to express her extreme displeasure in all directions. |
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But I nary not mention my displeasure and dread and off we embarked to Spencer's Plaza on a journey of discovery. |
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The door holds fast for just a moment before giving, groaning its displeasure at the shabby treatment it has recently received. |
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The lack of remuneration or reimbursement of expenses for his new role was a source of much displeasure. |
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His usual good humored expression had dissolved into one of annoyance and displeasure. |
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The Comtesse de la Fayette twitched nervously, her pointed nose turned aristocratically upward, her displeasure evident in her glance. |
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Doing that risks a disenchanted MP from the right wing getting boozed and leaking his or her displeasure to a roving reporter. |
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He positioned himself on the couch watching the documentary with glee with Jocelyn looking on with displeasure. |
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If you've ever had the displeasure of tangling with your landlord at the rental board, you know getting yourself down there is half the battle. |
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I guess I did everything I can so I'm just going to accept her waltz of displeasure as she avoids me in the halls of the school. |
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Some features of its make-up were evidences of his goodness and beneficence, while others displayed his displeasure. |
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Anyone who wants to voice their displeasure over that lot has to do a lot of voicing. |
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In front of her was a family of four, with ten suitcases on a cart, and a small black cat, mewling its displeasure. |
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Some of the more dedicated activists are going to march over to the Guy street police station this afternoon to hold a vigil and voice their displeasure with the Man. |
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Some disenchanted Americans gave vent to a racial displeasure over this incomprehensibly exotic Miss America. |
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Lawmakers were open about their displeasure with Pierson, who appeared aloof as she testified before them Tuesday morning. |
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But beyond the rank and file, some important personalities have used Twitter to voice their displeasure. |
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According to Buzzfeed, Democratic officials vented their displeasure with the platform to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew. |
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Beck proudly announces that he now uses a bust of TR as a doorstop in a symbolic show of his displeasure. |
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Its initial hisses of displeasure subside to contented silence. |
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The dog of course, had to take me for an arm wrenching drag and Ditto looked on with some displeasure when she realised that the mad animal shouting at her was attached to me! |
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I came to know that though the Director was an efficient and upright officer, she happened to incur the Minister's displeasure for the simple reason that she was not pliable. |
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To record the woes of authors and to discourse de libris fatalibus seems deliberately to court the displeasure of that fickle mistress who presides over the destinies of writers and their works. |
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In the above example of the jealous spouse, the husband reacted to the feeling of jealousy by announcing his displeasure to his wife and leaving in a huff. |
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Still, he had to show her his displeasure towards her unhorsing him. |
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While some have had the displeasure of being discarded by me, the intervention of poetic justice has ensured that I get paid back in the same coin and be discarded by others. |
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Kitty ignored her grandfather's displeasure and giggled naughtily. |
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She looks tired and impatient, lips drawn in a thin line of displeasure. |
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Looking up at Thomas she saw a look of great discomfort and displeasure. |
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The braves made trouble with neighboring tribes, attracting the displeasure of the Canadian Mounties. |
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Complaints about these sweeps aroused the ire of not only the activists, but the Mexican government, whose LA consulate expressed its displeasure in no uncertain terms. |
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Blake's ejection came in the eighth inning after he showed displeasure with being called out on a check swing for the second time in the game. |
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Igwig, a South American green tree lizard, later showed his displeasure by turning a moody brown and was taken into RSPCA care. |
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This was the fastest world title fight ever held in Scotland, much to the displeasure of the crowd. |
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The common people who lacked this access could manifest their general approval or displeasure as a group at the games held in large venues. |
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Lobster was also commonly served in prisons, much to the displeasure of inmates. |
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It may also originate in Roman displeasure at an empress meddling in political affairs. |
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By implication, this invokes divine displeasure if the oath taker fails in their sworn duties. |
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Ambassadors and other diplomats are sometimes recalled temporarily by their home countries as a way to express displeasure with the host country. |
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He conquered Gotland, much to the displeasure of the League, which lost Visby, an important trading town located there. |
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As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness. |
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was the patron of the Plan, to Johnson's displeasure. |
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He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. |
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The court expressed displeasure as to why the court orders were not implemented. |
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He gestures communicatively to the horse's chest as he leans towards the animal whose ears are partially back, signifying some possible displeasure or detachment. |
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He finally remarried in 1578, to which the queen reacted with repeated scenes of displeasure and lifelong hatred towards his wife, Lettice Knollys. |
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He can't even voice his displeasure in any meaningful way since he chose to protest to his 50th birthday being grandchildless by moving to Outer Mongolia. |
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Frances Louise Brough, 40, had been drinking before she launched a verbal assault on the couple, after voicing her displeasure over provisions made in the will. |
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Pilot flies home at last Joanna Morgan revealed her displeasure with the handicapper after Sky Pilot finally came good in the 1m4f handicap under Pat Smullen. |
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Further north, up the coast from Rauma, the much larger town of Pori is, quite frankly, one of the ugliest concrete nightmares I have ever had the displeasure of visiting. |
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Later in the year, under the terms of the 1473 Act of Resumption, George lost some of the property he held under royal grant, and made no secret of his displeasure. |
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