resentful

Example Sentences

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I find that I am increasingly resentful that he refuses to help me any more financially.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

And it seems clear that, as a result, many men won’t get what they want and will end up resentful over it, while women may simply go their own way.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

He’s not resentful of his finacée’s success or independence.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

We shared other traits as well, alas: He was rebellious and resentful of authority, quick to rage at arbitrary power.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz