7 sentences with 'resented'
Example sentences and phrases with the word resented and other words derived from it.
• « There was one person with whom Sarah had constant differences: her brother Michael, who resented the fact that she got the most attention in the family. »
• « Like Athens, Sparta dominated its allies, although it did not take advantage of them in the same way as Athens. Sparta resented and, in some ways, feared Athenian power. »
• « By 338 BC, Greece was no longer the collection of independent city-states it had been for over a thousand years; it was now united under an invader from the north. The Greeks deeply resented this occupation. »
• « However, instead of leading another glorious military campaign, in March 44 BCE Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators who resented his power and wanted to save the Republic. The result was not the restoration of the Republic, however, only a new chapter in Caesar's dictatorship. »
• « Muhammad was not very successful in Mecca in his initial preaching. The temples of the many gods there were rich and powerful, and the people resented Muhammad's attempts to convert them to his new religion, largely because he was asking them to set aside centuries of religious tradition. »
• « Although peasants resented having to pay for access to the mills (which were generally controlled by landowners, often nobles or the Church), the huge increase in productivity meant that much more food was generally available. »