rankle|rankled|rankles|rankling in English

verb

[ran·kle || 'ræŋkl]

cause constant anger, persistently annoy or irritate

Use "rankle|rankled|rankles|rankling" in a sentence

1. Her comments still rankled.

2. His comments still rankled.

3. The insult rankled in his mind.

4. You burrow and rankle in his heart!

5. Fourth Master Liu's harangue rankled in each heart.

6. The insult still rankled in his mind.

7. The dimensions of the Brys'ballroom must rankle her.

8. His decision to sell the land still rankled with her.

9. Greg's jibe about the dress being like a shroud rankled.

10. The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland.

11. It rankled him to be coerced into this game.

12. The boil on my right arm rankled whenever I wrote.

13. The horses that got away during his enforced absence continue to rankle.

14. But the question still rankles: Can a participating Olympic athlete be openly gay today?

15. They paid him only ￡10 for it and it really rankled.

16. The injustices they did me rankled me for a long while.

17. Britain's refusal to sell Portugal arms in 1937 still rankled with him.

18. The insult that his sister hurled at him still rankled in his mind.

19. The noise that trunks and ambulances made in the street rankles me every day.

20. If Thou be the Son of God. The words rankle with bitterness in his mind.

21. Notwithstanding my right I am set at nought; in my wound rankles, sinless though I am.

22. Although such incidents rankled, the cutter crews' sense of humour soon surfaced to erase the bad memories.

23. This is because the organizational structure of scallop muscle dried by oven was more loosen and easy to rankle .

24. We chattered about Ipswich and I found the business of Scawsby's treatment of my mother still rankled in my heart.

25. What really rankles is the loss of the idea that these bodies are broadly representative of the communities they serve.