resentful
Example Sentences
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Mr. Eyman draws a picture of “an increasingly resentful child . . . dragged through a succession of cow towns and surrogate fathers.”
The novel relates the partly autobiographical story of Charley Klein, who is raised in community housing in the Bronx, N.Y., in the 1930s by an overworked mother and a resentful, invalid father.
The abrupt shift left Harvey resentful and disenfranchised.
From Los Angeles Times
He has two children that live at home with us and the financial burden falls on me, which is mostly fine; I’m their stepmom, after all, but I’m getting resentful.
From MarketWatch
Its Belt and Road Initiative, for instance, appeals to countries long resentful of Western colonialism.
From Barron's
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