Example Sentences

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Not wanting to confuse him by disappearing from view, I resentfully jog across the street.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Unlike him, I do own a car, but reluctantly and resentfully.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

"I don't deserve her," Joe thinks at the same time, but resentfully.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2021

He resentfully watches Emma and her husband “eating granola at the kitchen island, staring at their phones without saying a word to each other.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2021

Bran stared resentfully at the sweating boys below.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin