Sentence examples for childish resentment from inspiring English sources

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I fall prey to childish resentment: has my dad really earned the music that fills his house?

Some seem to believe that the fuss over the wealth gap can be boiled down to a childish resentment on the part of the less fortunate — schadenfreude, envy.

Perhaps this explains some of the adult resistance to Dahl's books: as parenting has become more self-consciously "nice," with less firm divisions between grownups and children, it's unsettling to read narratives of unbridled childish resentment.

One day, he tumbles into a tank of electric eels, emerging as a glowing core of energy who, for no reason other than childish resentment, vows vengeance on Spider-Man, and who calls himself Electro.

No one in Gotham even suspects the cancer of dangerous childish resentment growing beneath their feet … Actually, the Batman movies pretty consistently portray Gotham as corrupt, chaotic, unequal and unjust, not "generous, welcoming, and content".

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In Two River Theater's entertaining — but slightly short of scintillating — new production, all the anger and resentment and hurt feelings make men's interactions seem a little childish.

Childish, even.

And childish.

Resentment.... Embarrassment.

More resentment.

All very childish.

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