resentment
Example Sentences
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That’s guidance for the couple, not for guests who feel insulted by a lack of communication and use it as leverage for their resentment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
“The reality is this sense of two-way resentment is overblown,” said Bobby Duffy, author of “The Generation Myth: Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
For others the trigger is grievance, isolation or personal instability, which gradually hardens inside online echo chambers, where resentment circulates freely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
"Every trace of hatred, of resentment, of bitterness, of discontent."
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing resentment
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