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.
were 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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“Yes,” said Hilton gruffly, as if he were resenting the attentions of his captors.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
He remained quiescent for five years, but busied himself in knitting up secret alliances with the Welsh of the South, who were resenting the introduction of English laws and customs by the strong-handed king.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
But this news had not produced what she had expected in him; he simply seemed as though he were resenting some affront.
From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett
Already Trotting Wolf could distinguish the murmurs of his young men, who were resenting the charge against White Cloud, as well as the tone and manner in which it was delivered.
From The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail by Ralph Connor
