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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Journalists aren’t forced to play antagonists in a room already primed to resent them.
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Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Some of the petition’s signatories were Democratic voters, but its loudest advocates were conservative businesspeople who resented the lockdown, and a campaign against the recall, led by the strategist Juan Rodriguez, painted the effort as a bad-faith Republican power grab.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Many Lebanese resent the decades-long occupation of their country by Syrian forces that ended in 2005.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Things take a turn when jealous villagers begin to resent the resourceful Colman.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
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Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Some of the petition’s signatories were Democratic voters, but its loudest advocates were conservative businesspeople who resented the lockdown, and a campaign against the recall, led by the strategist Juan Rodriguez, painted the effort as a bad-faith Republican power grab.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Many Lebanese resent the decades-long occupation of their country by Syrian forces that ended in 2005.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
Things take a turn when jealous villagers begin to resent the resourceful Colman.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Resent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resent. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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resent
verb
re·sent
ri-ˈzent 
: to feel or state annoyance or anger at
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