How to Use rankle in a Sentence

rankle

verb

• The joke about her family rankled her.
• The team’s move has rankled many people in the East Bay.
  — Sean Gregory/oakland, Time, 20 June 2019
• And that's one of the reasons why the memo rankled reporters.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
• And even if none of that were the case, the move rankles on principle alone.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 30 June 2019
• If someone were to describe the B-52’s as an oldies act, would that rankle you?
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Trinke has been dead for years, but mention of his name still rankles Brandt.
  — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2017
• The scandal still rankles people in the Caracas slum of Petare.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2020
• If the screen and sound don’t rankle you, the 8GB of internal storage might give you pause.
  — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2017
• That’s sure to rankle Boise State fans — and plenty of other fans, too.
  — Dave Southorn, idahostatesman, 18 Jan. 2018
• While it was meant as high praise, the description rankled him.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• That talk rankles the old school, which hears it as an apologia for stock prices that seem to be bubbling over.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• That rankled some residents with a front row seat to it.
  — Anne Geggis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• That has rankled some of those involved in buying the Marlins.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• The idea rankled some in the community but after a few town hall meetings the project is still on.
  — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Jayne never shopped with him again—and decades later, the episode clearly still rankled.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
• The moody lighting in another film likewise rankled the denizens of the front office.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• Now, though, the attempts to force us all onto the family’s own terms rankle.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
• Even so, some of the cost cutting has rankled key constituencies.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
• The ad rankled former Obama aides, but none of them went so far as to send Mr. Sanders a cease and desist letter.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
• It’s the other 10% that rankle coaches, players and fans.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2021
• The plan rankled Breed and the Department of Public Health, who say they weren’t consulted in the plan’s creation.
  — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 12 Feb. 2020
• What might rankle Trump and his supporters more is the ranking of Barack Obama ...
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 1 July 2021
• The next coach will face the same expectations that so rankled McElwain.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Kacey felt the pivot and the influx of new listeners might rankle someone but didn’t care.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021
• The competing plans from the aldermen appeared to rankle some of the City Council, with Ald.
  — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• Gantz’s three-day trip to the US capital has rankled some of Netanyahu’s allies.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• The use of test scores has rankled some Alliance teachers, who say the exams were not designed for this purpose.
  — Anna M. Phillips, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
• But the losses in the top category are likely to rankle their fans.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2023
• But this work has long rankled one of the most powerful forces in the United States — rights holders — and the threat of copyright lawsuits has always loomed over the Archive.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
• But Walz’s retirement in the months before his unit went to war surprised and rankled fellow soldiers.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024