Examples of resent in a Sentence
She resented being told what to do.
He resented his boss for making him work late.
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Kids who read long books resented getting the same number of points as those who read short ones.
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Neda Ulaby, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
Mao Zedong and his colleagues increasingly resented Soviet assumptions of superiority and leadership of the world communist movement, while Stalin’s successor Nikita Khrushchev found the Chinese devious and untrustworthy—contributing to the very public and bitter Sino-Soviet split after 1962.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
Prosecutors said during trial that Rosemary resented the fact Rogers had children prior to being in a relationship with Houck.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2025
Trump grew up in the shadow of that order and came to resent it enormously.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Neda Ulaby, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
Mao Zedong and his colleagues increasingly resented Soviet assumptions of superiority and leadership of the world communist movement, while Stalin’s successor Nikita Khrushchev found the Chinese devious and untrustworthy—contributing to the very public and bitter Sino-Soviet split after 1962.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
Prosecutors said during trial that Rosemary resented the fact Rogers had children prior to being in a relationship with Houck.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2025
Trump grew up in the shadow of that order and came to resent it enormously.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for resent
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resent. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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resent
verb
re·sent
ri-ˈzent 
: to feel or state annoyance or anger at
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