How to Use resent in a Sentence

resent

verb

• She resented being told what to do.
• He resented his boss for making him work late.
• At odds, these placements resent a world that fills them with doubt.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 26 May 2021
• Some will resent the ship’s arrival as a threat to their way of life.
  — Peter Kujawinski, The New Yorker, 11 May 2017
• Neytiri grieves the loss of her home and her tribe and resents Jake for it.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
• And Freddy, of course, resents the hell out of him.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 June 2026
• The physical part has been a lot to process too—and easy to resent.
  — Alexis Berger, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
• No doubt many creeps of the bracket were resented along the way.
  — Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
• Will the girls resent the new children, feeling their place has been usurped?
  — Georgene Smith Goodin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Most likely, the child may resent the new spouse and wish that his parent were still alive.
  — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2017
• His staff resented me for my success.
  — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
• To invoke a legal term, this is a slander, and many at this point resent it.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
• My boss may be clueless that his group resents the private lunches.
  — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
• Many people stay and fume, or stay and resent, or stay and quietly quit.
  — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• That would have avoided many years of feeling alone and resenting them.
  — Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024
• Some of your ideas may be visionary, so try not to resent anyone who isn't on board yet.
  — oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2020
• And several of the others resent her for it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
• Kids who read long books resented getting the same number of points as those who read short ones.
  — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 4 Aug. 2025
• The right dismissed his toughness, while the left resented it.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Oct. 2017
• Trump grew up in the shadow of that order and came to resent it enormously.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
• Don’t resent the routine, rework it.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
• The ones who really want to reach Dover are the ones who are most resented.
  — Samuel Earle, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2019
• So he is resented by the center left and center right, even as he is loathed by the far left and the far right.
  — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Some academy voters — most of whom skew older — might resent the new kid on the block.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• Mina resents when Sade harps on the inequities of their childhoods.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
• But part of her also resents the change and outside investment.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
• That said, if the trade feels off, stand firm in saying no—the worst thing to do is swap and resent the choice for the rest of the flight.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022
• Harry resented the way he was treated as a bit of a joker and the royal wild child.
  — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025
• What if my followers resented me for posting palm tree shots in the dead of winter?
  — Marissa Miller, Teen Vogue, 1 Feb. 2018
• Montana resented the idea that Young would replace him.
  — Daniel Brown, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026