resentfulness

Example Sentences

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David Finney, a retired police officer, remembers a sudden resentfulness.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2021

In Tuan, the Jenningses’ alt-child, the show sets up a contrast: his dogmatic conviction, presumably born of severe hardship, versus Paige’s uncertainty and resentfulness, born of her privileged American childhood.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2017

Given the number of times he was kidnapped, it might be natural for Stendal to nurse bitter and resentfulness toward the Farc.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2016

And yet, for no one else is resentfulness so central.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

She thrust the pewter full of foaming ale on the table towards the customer, with resentfulness in her action.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)