resented
Example Sentences
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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
He says the absence of a father never felt like a void and he never resented his mum, Emily, or wished his family was any different.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
Despite waves of Carthaginian resistance and the increasing hostility of Roman elites, who resented his precocious record and thirst for glory, Scipio tightened the noose around Carthage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
Even though he resented the way his father took this duty for granted, he derived a guarded satisfaction from his custodianship of his father’s shoes.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
