How to Use aggrieve in a Sentence

aggrieve

verb

• And my colleagues do not seem to be aggrieved about this.
  — Tara Suter, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
• For those of us who love to be aggrieved, just as much enjoyment can be found in rooting against a certain film.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
• On that night, this game of decorum belonged to the aggrieved and the sloshed—at least until Medvedev lost in five sets.
  — Owen Lewis, Air Mail, 29 Aug. 2026
• The governors deal every day with people who are alight with causes, often aggrieved and in need.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
• Ruben, never book-smart, is aggrieved by the doors that open for Niall as a result of his academic achievements.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
• Everton fans were aggrieved when their shirt sponsors mocked them over a defeat earlier in the campaign too.
  — SI.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• Stoke, who felt aggrieved by the decision, started to press the away side more, with possession becoming more equal.
  — SI.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• The fallout will be significant, and United have every right to be aggrieved.
  — Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• At the heart of it, that is why so many people inside Southampton feel aggrieved at the decision, but even more so by the conduct of their own club.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 21 May 2026
• The politicized removal of these tools reflects an irony—ICE is aggrieved that its own tactics have been turned against it.
  — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
• Fans don’t have to be so quickly aggrieved by analysts, nor so easily entertained by the lowest of the low-hanging fruit.
  — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Although reticent about her demons, Amanda is highly verbal when aggrieved.
  — Carla Meyer, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
• If Kennedy is the face of the movement, Bigtree is more like its id—loud, unfiltered, and theatrically aggrieved.
  — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
• On one side is shop owner Hannah Cole – widowed, aggrieved, and currently hiding a very big secret.
  — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2025
• Most of all, the Blue Jays need to stop feeling sorry for themselves, or aggrieved by the umpiring crew, and lock in on driving the baseball again.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
• The protests may have been triggered by social media restrictions, but the people of Nepal were already deeply aggrieved with the government.
  — Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• But talks broke down in dramatic fashion, leaving both sides aggrieved and accusing the other of negotiating in bad faith.
  — Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
• Sanders’ supporters have every right to be aggrieved at Warren subsequently issuing the code red.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Shidler noted that, under Kansas law, citizens resort to the court when aggrieved by Board actions.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 2 Nov. 2017
• Freiburg was left aggrieved after Lucas Höler had a goal disallowed for bodychecking a defender.
  — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
• Ruiz felt aggrieved at having these unendurable encounters constantly visited on him.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
• Indo-Fijians are still excluded—and ethnic Fijians are newly aggrieved.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• Asked about the credibility of some of the testimonies, Lau said the commission will hear from anyone who feels aggrieved by Cicig.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
• Mahathir, who stepped down in 2003, blames such unbridled corruption for the rising cost of living aggrieving many voters.
  — Laignee Barron / Langkawi, Time, 8 May 2018
• All of his favorites are somehow aggrieved by their lot in life, and Wicks’ firebrand ways appeal to their sense of justice and vengeance, even if none of their worries are rooted in anything all that real.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
• Todd Kimmel, a digital marketer with a focus on the auto industry, seemed actively aggrieved by the shallow focus.
  — Daniel Kolitz, The Atlantic, 20 Apr. 2018
• Hearts were aggrieved at two officiating decisions that left them needing to avoid defeat at Celtic Park to become champions.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 16 May 2026
• The darker corners of the internet are all too eager to offer men a compelling list of reasons for why their lives are unfulfilling, as well as an echo chamber full of the similarly aggrieved.
  — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
• Anglophones were aggrieved at their marginalisation in a country dominated by French-speakers.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
• In pursuing those claims, the aggrieved generally try to prove a resort demonstrated gross negligence by contributing in some significant way to their mishap.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026