How to Use rankle in a Sentence

rankle

verb

• The joke about her family rankled her.
• The team’s move has rankled many people in the East Bay.
  — Sean Gregory/oakland, Time, 20 June 2019
• And that's one of the reasons why the memo rankled reporters.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
• And even if none of that were the case, the move rankles on principle alone.
  — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 30 June 2019
• If someone were to describe the B-52’s as an oldies act, would that rankle you?
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• The scandal still rankles people in the Caracas slum of Petare.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2020
• If the screen and sound don’t rankle you, the 8GB of internal storage might give you pause.
  — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 18 Oct. 2017
• That’s sure to rankle Boise State fans — and plenty of other fans, too.
  — Dave Southorn, idahostatesman, 18 Jan. 2018
• While it was meant as high praise, the description rankled him.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• That talk rankles the old school, which hears it as an apologia for stock prices that seem to be bubbling over.
  — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• Jayne never shopped with him again—and decades later, the episode clearly still rankled.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2019
• The moody lighting in another film likewise rankled the denizens of the front office.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• Now, though, the attempts to force us all onto the family’s own terms rankle.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
• Even so, some of the cost cutting has rankled key constituencies.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
• The ad rankled former Obama aides, but none of them went so far as to send Mr. Sanders a cease and desist letter.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
• It’s the other 10% that rankle coaches, players and fans.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2021
• The plan rankled Breed and the Department of Public Health, who say they weren’t consulted in the plan’s creation.
  — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 12 Feb. 2020
• What might rankle Trump and his supporters more is the ranking of Barack Obama ...
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 1 July 2021
• The next coach will face the same expectations that so rankled McElwain.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Kacey felt the pivot and the influx of new listeners might rankle someone but didn’t care.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021
• The competing plans from the aldermen appeared to rankle some of the City Council, with Ald.
  — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• Gantz’s three-day trip to the US capital has rankled some of Netanyahu’s allies.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• The use of test scores has rankled some Alliance teachers, who say the exams were not designed for this purpose.
  — Anna M. Phillips, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
• But the losses in the top category are likely to rankle their fans.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2023
• But some of the tax breaks have rankled Arizona residents, who say the moves have hurt funding for public schools.
  — Cecilia Kang, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• In recent weeks, city rangers have used radar guns to enforce the 15-mph speed limit on the two-lane path, part of a safety campaign that rankled some of the path’s users.
  — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
• Hayes' decision to go into the Olympics with a team that has an average age of 26.8 years old has rankled many fans.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
• That style rankled some rivals and investors, but Exxon backed it up with best-in-class performance.
  — Bradley Olson, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• But once the couple got to Mexico, Nick’s goofy behavior started to rankle her.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
• Yet, come Tuesday night, Ohtani will be on the visiting side of Angel Stadium — thanks to a decision that still rankles much of his old fan base.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024