wronged

Example Sentences

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It’s about how easily grievance turns into permission—how feeling wronged starts to look like a reason to do wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

He’s insufficiently grateful to the people he owes, and insufficiently apologetic to those he’s wronged.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

That leaves the other parent to contest the matter if they feel wronged, and that could lead to a messy situation with the IRS.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

"I believe this was a sporting injustice, Morocco was certainly wronged and the facts were clear," one man told the BBC in Rabat.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“They would say it’s selfish to let someone die just because they wronged you. Forgive, forgive, forgive.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth