resent
verb (used with object)
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
was resenting
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past progressiveof resent.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was resenting as hard as he could the abruptness of the opening and closing of the subject, and the complete disregard now shown to him.
From The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson
She did not speak for a moment, and I thought she was resenting the question.
From The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It pleased Robert to think that the island was resenting the evil presence of the men from the schooner.
From The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
A delay had occurred that morning in the delivery, and Judith was resenting it, feeling half inclined to reject the letter, now that it had come.
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
He was much more put about than I was, resenting on my behalf the domineering airs that Hoggett put on.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
