rankle

Her dogged willingness to keep the case in the spotlight has rankled authorities—which has only strengthened her resolve.

The promise so rankled the Taliban they issued a statement insisting that Pakistan should reject all foreign aid.

The family, and Jeb Bush in particular, manages to reconcile many of the tensions and contradictions that have rankled the party.

But, nevertheless, it was probably his other sin that rankled deepest in her mind.

He bit his lip and passed on alone, but it rankled within him that she had so easily believed ill of him.

Yet, in her presence, the resentment which rankled in him softened to pity.

It rankled in his mind that Julie had never been frank with him, freely as he had poured his affection at her feet.

Lady St. Craye let herself go completely in a phrase whose memory stung and rankled for many a long day.