resent

Example Sentences

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Second, if she outlives him, I assume his children might resent her, since that could tie up a sizable portion of their inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Stay put rather than starting fresh somewhere where the people above you won’t have loyalty to you and those below you will resent you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

"I thought the other families would resent me. But when I came home all the families couldn't do enough for me," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Do any Swedish people resent you for not singing in Swedish?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

“However, I told you that it would be like this. I am an anachronism. People realize this and resent it.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole