resent

Year: 2014 Compiled by: Forrest Wickman and Ellie Skrzat Of note: The rapper Birdman is ranked near the bottom, a fact that I personally resent.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

The more we fear something, the more we come to quietly resent it.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

"I think a lot of country folk just want to be left alone to breed their sheep and hang their moles and resent people who come to the countryside with different views," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

That Europeans and Canadians resent being spoken to in this way is self-indulgent on our part.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

“No, they’re not. They’re arrogant and dull, and that’s why I left them, but they aren’t revolutionaries. They just want more say, that’s all, and they resent Abnegation for refusing to listen to them.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

Related: ‘I’d rather be on a beach in Bali’: My husband resents my $8 million net worth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kelly added that not having a close relationship with Aimee is one of the hardest things in her life and she resents not having the ideal big-sister experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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

She also resents the fact that you have been preferred.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

The Internal Revenue Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are the two most resented.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In his Substack post, Burry resented being called “the boy who cried wolf,” saying the media has “misread regulatory filings” and has said he was calling for a “crash” when he didn’t use the word.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

By the end, the dressing room had fractured into three camps: a small group of loyalists, a larger group who actively resented him, and a numb majority who had simply stopped caring.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

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

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026

Nathan resented my attractiveness, as if slender hips and large blue eyes were things I’d selected intentionally to draw attention to myself.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

When someone agrees because they feel compelled—not because they genuinely thought about and committed to their choice—they may end up regretting their decision, resenting the asker, or even backing out of the agreement later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“When loneliness hits them and the lack of a social support system, they start resenting the locals and perhaps even avoid meeting them and isolate themselves.”

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

“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

He said he fell into a deep depression and began resenting his first-generation status, blaming his Mexican immigrant parents for not better educating him on how to be a competitive college applicant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Apparently without resenting Ginnie’s tone, Selena’s brother turned back to his finger.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger