Example Sentences

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Her heart ached for him, though she had no notion of the bitterness, the rebellion, that were rankling in his.

From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Stanard, Mary Newton

These ideas were rankling in every man's mind when the Parliament met, and it is with the utmost difficulty that we have been able to remove them.

From Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

But there had been wrong also on the other side, hasty words spoken—words which rankled, and were rankling still, after the lapse of years.

From Ester Ried by Pansy

Otherwise, he would know his words were rankling.

From Jewel by Burnham, Clara Louise

These were the bitter thoughts which were rankling in the breast of every loyal British man during the remainder of that night of horrible suspense.

From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd