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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Mine had been a sheltered life, into which hitherto revolver-shots had not entered, and I was resenting this abrupt introduction of them.
From The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
The Swede was scraping his sides with the currycomb, and the Big Gray, accustomed to Cully's gentler touch, was resenting the familiarity by biting at the tippet wound about the neck of the young man.
From Tom Grogan by Francis Hopkinson Smith
What with his fiery temper and his pride, Tom had enough to do to keep himself within bounds; for the school was resenting upon him the stigma that had fallen upon Arthur.
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
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
