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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rankle .
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Examples
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The oversized type, the grandiosity of the title rankled him.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The oversized type, the grandiosity of the title rankled him.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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For days thereafter the phrase rankled in his mind -- "I can throw off the burden when I will."
The Sea-Hawk Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The word rankled now that Charmian had spoken out with such almost impertinent abruptness.
The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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The word rankled in her memory even more than the monitress's high-handed manner.
The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907
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The expression rankled in him, and going to Hatton
Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900
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The phrase rankled in her conscience like a thorn.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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The word rankled deeply as he went downhill with his hands in his pockets, whistling determinedly.
At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Myrtle Reed 1892
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The word rankled the more as she realised how differently she herself had described the past five days, and how high Jack Melland's presence had ranked among the pleasures of the new life.
The Fortunes of the Farrells George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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The use of the word rankled some top Senate Republicans, including Texas '
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