Dissatisfied

Examples

• There were, in fact, but few things which Luttrell did not vote a tax on life, being one of the most dissatisfied men I ever knew. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Faust was dissatisfied with Gutenberg, and took occasion to tell Sch?ffer one evening that he believed the firm would do better without the master. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I felt ill at ease and dissatisfied with myself, I hardly knew why. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• After some uneasy moving in his seat, he got up and walked about, looking very much dissatisfied. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• For Glaucon, who is always the most pugnacious of men, was dissatisfied at Thrasymachus' retirement; he wanted to have the battle out. Plato. The Republic.
• Dissatisfied, and uncomfortable, and--what would it signify to me, being coarse and common, if nobody had told me so! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And I feel dissatisfied. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I'll not be sentimental or dissatisfied, Mother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Show me a dissatisfied Hand, and I'll show you a man that's fit for anything bad, I don't care what it is. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Dissatisfied with my fortune, of course I could not be; but it is possible that I may have been, without quite knowing it, dissatisfied with myself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then, because he was dissatisfied with it, he stopped the sales and commenced a new line of investigation, which has recently culminated successfully. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Still, for all that, the question had raised a conflict in his breast; and, for some odd reason or no reason, he was vaguely dissatisfied. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am sure, replied Elinor, with a smile, that his dearest friends could not be dissatisfied with such commendation as that. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• When does she try to avoid society, or appear restless and dissatisfied in it? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• But his acute intelligence was dissatisfied with the solutions offered him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We had never seen such dissatisfied children. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am seriously dissatisfied with myself--I will write no more to-day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Marie looked at it with a dissatisfied air. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Owing (as I think, if you think so too) to Mr Gowan's unsettled and dissatisfied way, he applies himself to his profession very little. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You looked like a man thinking, and dissatisfied with his own thoughts. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have no reason, I assure you, said he, to be dissatisfied with my reception. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Yet, to speak the truth, never had I been less dissatisfied with her than I was then. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She felt, as she looked at Julia and Mr. Rushworth, that hers was not the only dissatisfied bosom amongst them: there was gloom on the face of each. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• You look dissatisfied. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Enfin, elle sait, said he, half dissatisfied, and one cannot be fastidious or exacting under the circumstances. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She is lazy and dissatisfied. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You are dissatisfied on account of my rise in fortune, and you can't help showing it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• St. John smiled slightly: still he was dissatisfied. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Edited by Dinah