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verb

past tense of aggrieve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of aggrieved
Verb
Eberechi Eze has a particular reason to feel aggrieved. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 If, as the scholar Corey Robin has suggested, all reactionary movements have, at their heart, a fear of loss, then Boyle’s England is a conservative paradise, in which an aggrieved desire for the past manifests as a literal virus. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025 Compare her legendary response to an aggrieved letter to the editor—’Oh, wow’— to Dunne’s many-thousand-word essay ‘Critical,’ recounting various slights in print against him and Didion. Book Marks august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025 The arbitration clauses have prevented some aggrieved patients from getting their day in a courtroom. Fred Schulte, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for aggrieved
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieved
Adjective
  • However, the players union, the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association, dissatisfied with the PHF, formed its own league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).
    Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One in three say over-reliance on AI without developer accountability was their top worry, while one in five were perturbed that junior engineers may see their development stunted.
    John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Every so often, that stability is perturbed by environmental changes, and populations quickly evolve new ways to survive, occupying a different niche in their ecosystem.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But Thomas was afflicted by health troubles on the 26-56 Nets last year.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Xu said, noting that frustrated clients began moving funds to Japan, Hong Kong and Dubai instead.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Service is also a realistic story about a frustrated middle-aged former journalist and aspiring novelist idling in an ultra-low-paying job.
    Susan Coll September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Until now, the only intervention has been antibiotics, which in turn upset the koala's delicate digestive tract – one fine-tuned to solely eat eucalyptus leaves.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This upset many people, like Greg Clem, who has lived on Timberline since 2016.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He’s tormented and has his own personal issues.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Naturally, the orphans start being tormented by a demon, who was summoned after the girl’s parents prayed to whatever entity would bring their daughter back.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has alienated Brazil by defending its former president, charged with trying to overturn a legitimate election, and South Africa, accusing it of mistreating its White citizens.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Broadcom acquired the virtualization business in November 2023 and made sweeping changes that alienated many customers.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.
    Emily Temple September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Several women were tortured and gang raped.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Aggrieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieved. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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