How to Use resent in a Sentence

resent

verb

• She resented being told what to do.
• He resented his boss for making him work late.
• Some will resent the ship’s arrival as a threat to their way of life.
  — Peter Kujawinski, The New Yorker, 11 May 2017
• The physical part has been a lot to process too—and easy to resent.
  — Alexis Berger, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
• That said, if the trade feels off, stand firm in saying no—the worst thing to do is swap and resent the choice for the rest of the flight.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022
• Will the girls resent the new children, feeling their place has been usurped?
  — Georgene Smith Goodin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Most likely, the child may resent the new spouse and wish that his parent were still alive.
  — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2017
• At odds, these placements resent a world that fills them with doubt.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 26 May 2021
• The ones who really want to reach Dover are the ones who are most resented.
  — Samuel Earle, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2019
• So he is resented by the center left and center right, even as he is loathed by the far left and the far right.
  — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Some joke that their hours are so long even their spouses resent Mr. Gensler.
  — Paul Kiernan, WSJ, 9 May 2022
• Most Israelis are fed up with the contest and resent the idea of having a third election.
  — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
• And, Biden resented that, in their brief one-on-one meetings, Carter kept a close eye on his watch.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
• To invoke a legal term, this is a slander, and many at this point resent it.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
• None of us resented it (from the Key West writers’ group) — all of us were happy about it.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
• The right dismissed his toughness, while the left resented it.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Oct. 2017
• But Mays resented how Dark, in league with the press, had exploited his words and deeds.
  — Aram Goudsouzian / Made By History, TIME, 25 June 2024
• King, for his part, resented having to ask Kennedy for help.
  — Ross Baker, Smithsonian, 5 June 2018
• Those that are always at the RV park are apt to resent the interlopers.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• Charles has always seemed to resent the fact that Andrew is clearly the favorite.
  — Rachel Burchfield, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2020
• Some academy voters — most of whom skew older — might resent the new kid on the block.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• Many people stay and fume, or stay and resent, or stay and quietly quit.
  — Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Some of your ideas may be visionary, so try not to resent anyone who isn't on board yet.
  — oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2020
• My boss may be clueless that his group resents the private lunches.
  — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
• That’s the chorus among grumblers who resent the supervisors putting their thumbs on the scale.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 May 2017
• Alex, how much might Allan resent Jamie for being the one to met out that punishment in episode one?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• But Trump sometimes defies — and even resents — the new structure.
  — Jack Moore, GQ, 1 Sep. 2017
• But Trump sometimes defies - and even resents - the new structure.
  — Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• Leave the vining veggies like peas and beans outdoors, as well as root vegetables that can resent transplanting.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
• Many Panamanians resented that the canal that divided their country in half was off limits to them.
  — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 9 Mar 2025