Example Sentences

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Their championing of Islam and their building of charitable institutions provided them with an important connection to their non-Turkish subjects, who might otherwise have resented their rule.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“They have resented her leadership on a number of issues on U.S.-China relations: Human rights, nonproliferation and trade.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022

Bar owners often pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a license and many have resented breweries serving alcohol after paying much less for their licenses, Micciche said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2020

Bar owners often pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a license and many have resented breweries serving alcohol after paying much less for their licenses, Micciche said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2020

Still she was content, so sweet-natured that her two sisters and three brothers, who might have resented her, instead vied in their efforts to please.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen