Example sentences for: aggrieved

How can you use “aggrieved” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Denied re-election in 1900, he retired to his hometown of Caldwell, about 30 miles west of Boise, forgotten by most of his fellow Idahoans--but not by the aggrieved miners.

  • In the end, we may have to try a radical approach to fighting terrorism: reduce the number of people who feel alienated and aggrieved enough to become terrorists in the first place.

  • In much the same way, categorical denials have suffered an irreversible erosion of face value, owing to their routine issuance by bombastic politicians, aggrieved miscreants, and representatives of liberation armies and international terrorists.

  • The industry has taken its complaints about USPS competition to Congress and seems particularly aggrieved by the Postal Service's plans to spend $15 million to promote direct mail.

  • Walloped by a generation of rejection, failure, and sidekickdom, he has perfected the persona of the aggrieved little guy.


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