aggrieve

Example Sentences

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They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The government says the main legislation relevant to spiking is Section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which includes maliciously administering poison with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy that person.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

“That is going to aggrieve the victims of the institution of slavery, which are the direct descendants of the enslaved people in the United States,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022

The morals still aggrieve him and, even with Terry no longer around, that makes it a calculated gamble on Hodgson's part.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2013

And I marvelled if it should aggrieve you less, if you knew one thing—yet that might give you pain.”

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)