rankling

Example Sentences

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AI companies are rationing their offerings and products, rankling users—a warning sign for a boom that depends on rapid adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The military warning—first reported in the Washington Post, then confirmed in the New York Times—must be particularly rankling.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Bobo’s only misstep other than calling In-N-Out “overrated,” rankling fans of the wildly popular burger chain, came in the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2022

It did not include any of the three conferences that would balk in meetings the following winter, and it released its ideas publicly, perhaps rankling some others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

When he did find some time to visit me, he was very preoccupied, and I could feel him rankling with anger and with inactivity, but he tried hard to hide it.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey