resentment

Example Sentences

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"With a face full of resentment and helplessness, it really looks like an employee coaxing themselves to go to work," wrote one Weibo user.

From Barron's

Pulling one side was his anger and resentment of Maya-Jade, of everything, and pulling the other side the small, comforting swell of warmth the words doing well had kindled within him.

From Literature

Such was the hurt and resentment that Jordan, who was 25 at the time, felt towards her mum.

From BBC

It also helps set expectations with the people you eat with most often, opening the door for feedback rather than resentment — this is what we’re doing right now, and here’s why.

From Salon

Griping to themselves in their apartments at different ends of California, they both seethe with resentment for having been unfairly treated by the other.

From Los Angeles Times