aggrieving

present participle of aggrieve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggrieving
Verb
  • In fact, the energy is disquieting and distracting to you.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In her exhaustive chronicle, Jennings traces the long folkloric history of monk-tormenting demons.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As in much of McGuane’s fiction, the natural environment—in this case, the vitreous Florida flats, and the angler-tormenting tarpon, permit, and bonefish that populate them—provides the foil.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The collision would trigger fusion, perturbing a magnetic field, which in turn produces power.
    Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Domestic violence is a painful reality afflicting too many households in this country, which makes the words and actions of the current administration so egregious and hurtful.
    Gwen Moore, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Jewelry companies have begun raising the alarm over possible price increases afflicting already-weary consumers.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dahbia Benkired was convicted of raping, torturing and killing Lola Daviet, according the BBC, BFMTV and The New York Times.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In another film with a less happy outcome, the woman who claims to be the amnesiac’s wife is an impostor who ends up torturing him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Noles had high hopes for the season after upsetting Alabama 31-17 in Week 1, but have gone 2-4 since.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Even though moral victories are for losers, the only loss Mike McDaniel’s team should lower its head in shame about was that 31-6 Cleveland loss two weeks ago, but the Dolphins responded by upsetting the Atlanta Falcons last week.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The administration has been accused of trying to start a new war and abusing military power by foreign and domestic leaders.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In a complaint filed in 2023, Gannett and the other plaintiffs accused Google of violating federal antitrust laws by abusing its dominant position to control and profit from the technology used by publishers to buy and sell ads across the internet.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That said, price increases at cafés and restaurants often lag the wholesale market, since operators typically buy beans under contract or adjust menus gradually to avoid alienating price-sensitive customers.
    Mike Winters, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Like Joe Biden’s election a year earlier, his win was a triumph of the Democratic Party’s moderate Black base over the radical-chic faculty liberals and their alienating ideas.
    Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Aggrieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aggrieving. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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