fail to please

Examples (10)

• The planning policy failed to please anyone.
• Despite their best efforts, the new menu failed to please the restaurant's regulars.
• His attempts to apologize failed to please his angry girlfriend.
• The company's latest product launch failed to please investors, causing a drop in stock.
• No matter how hard she tried, she always seemed to fail to please her strict father.
• The innovative design, surprisingly, failed to please the target audience.
• After several revisions, the report still failed to please the committee.
• The comedian's jokes failed to please the sophisticated crowd.
• He worried that his performance would fail to please the demanding critics.
• Even a lavish gift can fail to please someone who is genuinely unhappy.