Sentence examples for long-held resentment from inspiring English sources

Johnny's glum self-pity suddenly finds release when he lashes out at his father for lying to the family about their fortunes, in a moment taut with the electricity of long-held resentment and abject misery.

These are the verses of Zakariya Amataya, a 35-year-old poet who grew up in one of the districts now violently torn apart by long-held resentment over language, religion and nationalism.

After honoring, processing, and releasing her long-held resentment of her childhood experience, this workplace drama never reappeared.

British colonialists brought education and Christianity to the region at the beginning of the 20th century, triggering long-held resentment which lingers to this day.

The congressional support for the deal is stirring up long-held resentment among labor leaders over President Clinton's signing of the landmark North American Free Trade Agreement, which Hillary Clinton supported at the time.

Although Carter wasn't speaking about long-held resentments between people in his own profession, you wonder if this little break in the dike will widen.

She took everything" (18 April) rightly focus on long-held resentments from devastated ex-mining towns in northern Britain but fail to explain to younger generations how Thatcher had gained such popularity in the first place, and was prime minister for so long.

It follows the family's heartfelt — and sometimes hilarious — struggles with long-held resentments, secrets, the memories of war, and how life, death and loss shaped them all.

Many Pakistanis who raged against the "Innocence of Muslims" film were venting long-held resentments towards the United States stemming from drone attacks (along with other policies such as the U.S. mishandling of the war in Afghanistan, the disastrous U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the U.S. pro-Israel bias in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict).

But what have registered are the arguments from the leave side – and, for that matter, the rightwing media - that may well be highly questionable, but are also primary-coloured enough to fuse with a long-held and deep resentment.

Medical studies have proven that long-held anger and resentment are damaging to our physical and emotional well-being.