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  • #156 – Well, I was chewing my toenails at my desk one day, and Zoo Boss voiced a certain displeasure.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 5, 2006 2006

  • Well, I was chewing my toenails at my desk one day, and Zoo Boss voiced a certain displeasure.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 5, 2006 2006

  • Consonant with the tenor of the Psalm, he prays for God's compassionate regard to him as a stranger here; and that, as such was the condition of his fathers, so, like them, he may be cheered instead of being bound under wrath and chastened in displeasure.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • One thing I desire; to be a true servant of God, and not fear his face in displeasure.

    The Old Helmet 1864

  • It sounds naϊve, amusing even, to talk about revolution in an age when nothing is vital, when America has accepted its own mediocrity, settled for a lesser version of itself—action replaced by sarcasm, cynicism, muted displeasure. . .

    AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

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