resentfully

Example Sentences

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“I don’t have my own voice,” Ella complains, resentfully moving the dolls millimeter by millimeter on her mother’s barked instructions.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Not wanting to confuse him by disappearing from view, I resentfully jog across the street.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Unlike him, I do own a car, but reluctantly and resentfully.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

"I don't deserve her," Joe thinks at the same time, but resentfully.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2021

Delia asked Pita, looking at her sister resentfully.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall