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Resenting U.S. interference in Hawaii’s government, she proposed a new constitution to restore voting rights to many Native Hawaiians while denying them to American and European residents.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Resenting Good People: Maybe you don’t need to stop the resentment so much as start doing more things you’re proud of.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

Q. Resenting husband over unwanted pregnancy: My husband and I have two children, and I was very happy with that.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2016

Resenting a Harvard professor's literary criticisms, Hubbard ever after blasted colleges: "A college de gree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Resenting this deeply, she determined to make trouble—and she succeeded very well indeed.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton