How to Use aggrieve in a Sentence

aggrieve

verb

• Stoke, who felt aggrieved by the decision, started to press the away side more, with possession becoming more equal.
  — SI.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• Everton fans were aggrieved when their shirt sponsors mocked them over a defeat earlier in the campaign too.
  — SI.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• But Mr. Trump’s put-down was only one in a long list of squabbles that the president has engaged in over the past week with individuals or groups that have aggrieved him.
  — Julie Hirschfeld Davis, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2017
• Asked about the credibility of some of the testimonies, Lau said the commission will hear from anyone who feels aggrieved by Cicig.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
• Liverpool fans were aggrieved that the Brazilian was not replaced, with Virgin van Dijk the only arrival at Anfield over the winter.
  — SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Smalling may well be aggrieved by United's pursuit of Maguire, having already been ousted from the England set-up to include the 6'4 powerhouse.
  — SI.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Shidler noted that, under Kansas law, citizens resort to the court when aggrieved by Board actions.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 2 Nov. 2017
• Mahathir, who stepped down in 2003, blames such unbridled corruption for the rising cost of living aggrieving many voters.
  — Laignee Barron / Langkawi, Time, 8 May 2018
• Sanders’ supporters have every right to be aggrieved at Warren subsequently issuing the code red.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Following days of criticism about his handling of Charlottesville, Mr. Trump came to the news conference aggrieved about his treatment, two advisers to the president said.
  — Peter Nicholas, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
• Todd Kimmel, a digital marketer with a focus on the auto industry, seemed actively aggrieved by the shallow focus.
  — Daniel Kolitz, The Atlantic, 20 Apr. 2018
• Members of the party’s right wing were particularly aggrieved by the outcome of coalition talks, which ended with the SPD taking control of key ministries, including foreign and finance.
  — Griff Witte, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2018
• Members of the party's right wing were particularly aggrieved by the outcome of coalition talks, which ended with the SPD taking control of key ministries, including foreign and finance.
  — Griff Witte, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• The Iranian team, already aggrieved by the replay system overturning a goal against Spain, reacted angrily.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
• Working class Americans, normally a reliable part of the Democratic Party base, were displaced and aggrieved.
  — Rober Kuttner, Time, 30 Sep. 2019
• Indo-Fijians are still excluded—and ethnic Fijians are newly aggrieved.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• Trump has been stewing all week, aggrieved by sharp media scrutiny of his decision to fire Comey and of his and his aides' ever-shifting explanations, and has been quick to blame his staff, according to several people who have spoken with him.
  — Philip Rucker, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2017
• Colombia: As elsewhere in the region, protesters are aggrieved by corruption and inequality.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• But perhaps not since the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 has a Congress been so constitutionally and repeatedly aggrieved by the actions of a sitting president.
  — Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2019
• The bloated Democratic primary field is aggrieved, available and aggressively thirsty.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 11 June 2019
• Southerners were also aggrieved at their lack of representation—noting that the Osaka proposal would put figures from the Benelux countries in the two most powerful presidencies.
  — Charlemagne | Brussels, The Economist, 1 July 2019
• Anglophones were aggrieved at their marginalisation in a country dominated by French-speakers.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019

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