Example sentences for: resented

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

  • But he knew that people thought it was a fine novel, and he resented that he hadn't written it himself.

  • They resented the sending of Canadian troops to South Africa to support the British in the Boer War, and were no more enthusiastic about the Anglo-French alliance in World War I. Bourassa said “The real enemies of French-Canadians are not the Germans but English-Canadian anglicizers, the Ontario intriguers or Irish priests.”

  • On the one hand, he resented Gore's special treatment.

  • Fadl resented receiving a salary of only $500 a month while some of the Egyptians in al Qaeda were given $1,200 a month.

  • The scenarios: Bush could lose his temper, be skewered by Forbes-sponsored ads, remain hopelessly fuzzy on the issues, be resented for his vast campaign (and inherited) resources, get cocky, fall apart in an early primary, or be felled by a scandalous skeleton rattling in his closet.


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