resentments

plural of resentment

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Recent Examples of resentments So, your family members may have older resentments that acted as kindling. R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024 Pay attention especially to conflicts and resentments that boil under the Mars opposition to Pluto on January 3, and to straws that break the camel’s back around the Sun-Mars opposition on January 15. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024 Rasoulof has talked about purposefully making his films less allegorical as his career has progressed, preferring to present his stories about oppression and totalitarianism plainly, so that his resentments are indisputable. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024 But when unanticipated side effects emerge, resentments between the sisters come to a head. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024 Her workaholism, her alcoholism, her resentments. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024 Slowly but surely, the resentments begin to grow. Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 We're used to seething resentments and bizarre claims, boasts and lies. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024 And Butterworth, along with his uncannily simpatico director Sam Mendes, does expert work on the evisceration front, doling out tidbits of decades-old family resentments until just the right moments for the cutting open. Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024

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