Sentence examples for act of resentment from inspiring English sources

The pictures and boatloads of cards and letters were not burned as I felt that would be an act of resentment and I wasn't resentful, just plain finished.

For not a day goes by that we are not agents of the unnoticed lie, the small unkindness, the glancing act of resentment that betrays what is best within us.

PARIS, Nov. 27 — Two years after France's immigrant suburbs exploded in rage, the rituals and acts of resentment have reappeared with an eerie sameness: roving gangs clashing with riot police forces, the government appealing for calm, residents complaining that they are ignored.

Some newspapers have reported that Major Bunel may have acted out of resentment at his lack of advancement in the military.

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Chris Wylie, who Nix had almost certainly caught sight of sitting in the public gallery, was described as a "bitter and jealous" individual who had acted out of resentment and spite on account of the company's success.

The gift is forgiveness: the act of giving up resentment or anger towards another person or yourself.

I realised that I procrastinate in a misguided act of rebellion, fuelled by resentment that I have become the unwilling chief washerwoman for three other human beings.

A beneficiary who, in response to an act of benevolence, experiences increased resentment toward his benefactor, is guilty of a special kind of ingratitude (see section 3.5).

And whether you realize it or not, everyone acts weird with a seed of resentment inside of them.

Your children are well-adjusted, happy and free of resentment because you acted in alignment with their interests and needs.

Reactive attitudes can be had toward oneself as well, as in the guilt a wrongdoer might feel upon committing a resentment-worthy act of ill will or disregard.