resent

“But I think most people, in the long run, resent hegemony.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

Or maybe you love what a little ginger does to soups or oatmeal but resent the peeling and grating it demands.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2026

“What I’ve noticed being here is that many English people are in awe of America but also deeply resent it,” Obinze added.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But although Adrian soon picks up a camera as well, increasingly interested in being a filmmaker himself, he resents how his father intrudes on their time together by constantly shooting their conversations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

"As she said in her own memoir, she resents that others defined her the first time around," Jellison told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Because there’s one thing worse than hunkering down during a snowstorm — and that’s doing so with someone who resents your spending.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 25, 2026

She also resents some LGBTQ+ advocates’ comparisons of transgender oppression to racial oppression, which she sees as illogical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

He resents his presence in their flat, but he can't tell Mutti no, and so he says yes, for Mutti's sake.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

"I think he really resented how loved she was, and how revered she was, and how adored she was, and that was actually part of why he wanted to destroy her."

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

He’s long resented her inability to contain the frenzy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026

The country has no personal income tax—a reason why people moving here are often resented in their home nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

I was wearing my best armor: a black dress that accentuated my curves, a striped bolero to cover the arms I’ve resented for years and black platform sandals displaying ruby toes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

I really resented him wanting to please all that bad.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

“When you don’t plan for joy, you end up either overspending impulsively or depriving yourself and resenting your money plan.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

I grew up Hasidic and spent much of my adult life resenting it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

She’s still reeling from her father’s death while also resenting having to parent Robbie’s kids after his wife abandoned them.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

Calo: Donna has forced Natalie for her whole life into the place of making it OK and then resenting her for making it OK.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024

Knot had taken on the project of teaching Nailer to read, and it hadn’t taken long for Nailer to begin resenting the tedium of book learning.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi