How to use resent in a sentence

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• He resented being asked to do such a sweaty task.From the entry sweaty
• Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.From the entry bond
• I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby.From the entry youngest
• Like many of you, I was confined to my apartment, which I often resented.2021 April 13, Sierra Élise Hansen, “Post-pandemic, we must value libraries more”, in The Michigan Daily. From the entry doomsurfing
• The other parent will resent having to be the bad cop.2020, Melissa Oatman, Beautifully Broken: The Spiritual Woman’s Guide to Thriving (Not Simply Surviving) After a Breakup or Divorce…. From the entry good cop/bad cop
• 'A word to the wise—don't wrap him in cotton wool, because he'll resent it later.2015 October 1, Kate Hardy, Falling for Mr. December, Harlequin, →ISBN. From the entry wrap in cotton wool
• They like phone calls but resent telephone run-arounds and response delays.2013, Natalie Canavor, Business Writing For Dummies, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry run-around
• It is difficult to be both and the older mzees resent the irregularity of the position.2005, Ernest Hemingway, Robert William Lewis, Under Kilimanjaro. From the entry mzee
• I sacrificingly give the caller five minutes to babble, cursing and resenting every second.2000, Helen Gurley Brown, “Calling You at Work”, in I’m Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts, New York, N.Y.: St.…. From the entry sacrificingly
• Even those who had hated Monarchy, were remonarchised because they resented the way Republicans humiliated them.1999, Herbert Langthaler, Sura za Afrika: voices from Africa, page 104. From the entry remonarchize
• They resent digging and so they do not carry entrenching tools into the field.1988, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, A. L. Marshall, Ambush: The Battle of Dau Tieng, page 43. From the entry foxhole
• And some were annoyed just because they respected Cuban culture and resented its increasing Floridization.1977, Howard Senzel, Baseball and the Cold War: Being a Soliloquy on the Necessity of Baseball, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich…. From the entry Floridization
• I truly resent any insinuation that I "slunk back into that rotting old closet."1976 August 28, Michael Shernoff, “No 'Rotting Closet'”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 5. From the entry impel
• I’m sure most of you have been resenting that implication for as long as you’ve been TVs.1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia, volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived…. From the entry transexual
• Naturally I resent the assumption that I am a TS for the same reason—the logic is false.1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia, volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived…. From the entry transexual
• Because of her noble birth, she bitterly resented her position as a morganatic wife.1941, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey through Yugoslavia in 1937…. From the entry morganatic
• It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.. From the entry masque
• Fitzgerald’s supporters resented Dan’s familiarity with their idol, and began to hoot Dan.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 90. From the entry hoot
• There are some accusations which will be resented, even by an anarchist.1901 August 15, El Paso Herald, El Paso, Tex., page two, column 3. From the entry tsaricidal
• And so, to belabour the school metaphor, diehard fans of both those fallen leaders resent this pair for snitching in class.2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times. From the entry belabour
• The kids will learn which parent they can manipulate, and they will also resent the parent who is the constant enforcer.2020, Melissa Oatman, Beautifully Broken: The Spiritual Woman’s Guide to Thriving (Not Simply Surviving) After a Breakup or Divorce…. From the entry good cop/bad cop
• Horses will resent tacking up and might have violent reactions similar to those seen on a 'cold back' horse.2018, Frances M. D. Henson, Equine Neck and Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, page 226. From the entry cold back
• Certain people resented River Oak's elimination of color distinction and grape vine gossip included retaliation toward its master's partners.2014, Connie High, A Single Yellow Rose, page 37. From the entry grape vine
• People have no trouble detecting, and resenting, a blowoff.2012, Virgil Scudder, Ken Scudder, World Class Communication, page 26. From the entry blowoff
• I did this by ceasing to resent.2011, Bill Fifield, Sandy Fifield, Dig Deep in One Place: A Couple's Journey to a Spiritual Life, page 100. From the entry amend
• I ended up resenting my task at hand.2008, Sheryl Karas, The Spiritual Journey of Family Caregiving, page 210. From the entry caregive
• All of this is good, except it's so easy to resent that he'sn't sobbing right along with me.2005, Courtney Jane Kendrick, Enjoy It!, page 161. From the entry he'sn't
• Stephen Quinn, mari complaisant of Blunkett's former lover, Kimberly Quinn, told a colleague of mine that he resented being called rich.2005 November 6, Nick Cohen, The Guardian. From the entry mari complaisant
• They resent Kartvelian encroachment on their land, which has been accompanied by repeated attempts to Georgianize or Kartvelianize their people.2003, John Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg, Transcaucasian Boundaries, Routledge, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry Georgianize
• Dementive psychopaths feel sorry for themselves and resent "unfair treatment" in jail, although they have no sympathy for anyone else.1973, Benjamin B. Wolman, Call No Man Normal, page 223. From the entry dementive
• To himself, already beginning to resent the new employer as all that morning he had been resenting the old one, Dr.1943, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 23, in Gideon Planish. From the entry sappy
• Bradly stood listening to the old woman's squalling, resenting its note of febrile violence; its bedlamite insolence of old age.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 195. From the entry bedlamite
• The male resents this mothering in his depth.1930 (date written), Dane Rudhyar, Rania: An Epic Narrative, San Francisco, Calif.: Unity Press, published spring 1973, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry mothering
• “I resent anyone making up my mind but my wife,” said a burly friend of mine to me one day.1929 December 17, J. M. Ballantyne, “Between You and Me”, in The Tulsa Tribune, volume XXVI, number 73, Tulsa, Okla., page twenty-four…. From the entry autocratess
• He was surprised to see him, and resented the intrusion.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LV, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 290. From the entry vexation
• The landlady looked at him de haut en bas, rather pitying, and at the same time, resenting his clear, fierce morality.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry de haut en bas

Meaning of resent

1. verb To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
2. verb To express displeasure or indignation at.
3. verb To be sensible of; to feel.

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Questions about resent in a sentence

How do you use resent in a sentence?

Resent is used as a verb. For example: “The bride greatly resented being left at the church.”

What is a short sentence with resent?

“I did this by ceasing to resent.”

What does resent mean?

Resent means to feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.