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Meanings of resent an insult in English

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Usage of resent an insult in English
1
How quick to resent an insult and how bold to avenge it!
Parnassus on Wheels
2
Who would be so likely to resent an insult offered to the old choir?
Barchester Towers
3
He's not a decent sport, even-he won't resent an insult.
The Shagganappi
4
To resent an insult is sometimes more of a scandal than to let it pass.
Old Ebenezer
5
He was choleric and sensitive, prompt to resent an insult, though quite free from malice or vindictiveness.
The History of Roman Literature / From the Earliest Period to th...
6
Now we step up to a class that would resent being called shenzis as it would resent an insult.
African Camp Fires
7
For the first time in the experience of the two elder women, this gentle creature showed that she could resent an insult.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
8
It has been pretty hard sometimes to hold in, for there was a time when I had some social standing and could resent an insult.
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
9
That type resents an insult with gunplay.
Black Jack
10
Being human, he resented an insult.
Alice of Old Vincennes
11
He was proud of his Ancestry, and he carried the Scars to prove that he would Resent an Insult.
More Fables
12
She remembered only that this strong man lay there at death's door because he had resented an insult to her.
Betty Zane
13
Paris does not like being looked at by certain eyes; it considers it an insult, and it resents an insult more than a wound.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
14
"And I would not be worthy to touch this fair hand of yours if I had failed to resent an insult."
In the Days of Poor Richard
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"Whut, me?" The little man sat bolt upright, and glared fiercely across the table as though he would resent an insult.
My Lady of the North
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