aggrieve

Example Sentences

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He not only imagines competing sides of a traumatic family story but also inhabits the aggrieved minds of both Douglas, the out-of-touch father, and James, his out-of-control playwright son.

From Los Angeles Times

Lindblade has already spoken to Cricket Jersey counterpart Sarah Gomersall, given the Channel Islanders might have felt somewhat aggrieved having finished above Scotland in third place at the Europe Qualifier.

From BBC

When it comes to licences, the federation is particularly aggrieved saying doctors and lawyers "have industrial rights that police officers don't have and are also far higher paid".

From BBC

The aggrieved parties each wrote funny songs about the other person, dissing them in as many ways they could think of.

From Literature

She had to admit it was clever: Nor your memory of your mother, 1915 tears in silent movies weeks and weeks forgetting, aggrieve watching Marie Dressler address humanity, Chaplin dance in youth, / or Boris Godunov...

From Literature