Sentence examples similar to resented demand from inspiring English sources

And he resents demands to reassure white South Africans that their government will not follow Mr. Mugabe into despotism.

The Haves fear the Have Nots will take what they have and resent demands for assistance.

But because they are so busy "planning experiments, recording results and filing endless reports," scientists bemoan their paper workload, too, and resent any demand for more.

We cater to our kids' every need and we begin to resent their demands and we fantasize about a deserted island in the Caribbean.

But through every gaming generation, no matter what the technology, the player is still the classic adolescent: at once uncertain and arrogant, proud and disgusted, resenting the demands being made and, finally, cherishing the ability to master them.

Joshi started to resent the demands on her lifestyle: "We'd be expected to work very long hours and I also felt I had to pretend to be someone I wasn't".

He has been in a combative mood since the West's much-resented demand that he accept that his re-election was marred by massive vote-rigging.

The Greeks resented the papal demands, and when Ignatius died in 877 Photius quietly became patriarch again.

The miners resented the fee demanded for a mining license and the brutal fashion in which it was collected by the goldfields' police.

The Indians resented the missionaries' demands on their ancestors to such a degree, she remarked, that the Ácoma today speak only English and their native language, but never Spanish.

Developing countries — which have long resented the fund's demands that they open up their markets — are eager to have more of a say in its deliberations.