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Newspaper critics objected aggrievedly to the palpable injustices to their trade in this invention.

From Time Magazine Archive

“He keeps her around just to drive me crazy,” Colonel Moodus accused aggrievedly at the other end of the bar.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

"You said we could go to the sixth floor!" exclaimed Sunny Boy, turning aggrievedly to Mother who had followed him.

From Sunny Boy in the Big City by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)

“I’m plumb sorry you act this-a-way,” he said aggrievedly.

From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas

"What's the idee in pickin' on me?" asked Mormon aggrievedly.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)