RANCOUR in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of RANCOUR
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rancour
 n.  feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Classic Sentence:
1  He had not gone one step nearer the lives he had sought to approach nor bridged the restless shame and rancour that had divided him from mother and brother and sister.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  All that had been denied them had been freely given to him, the eldest; but the quiet glow of evening showed him in their faces no sign of rancour.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  Her voice was cold, but the rancour was gone from it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  Over his face the dark shadow of hypochondria had cast a cloud, and furrows had formed on his brow and temples, and his every gesture bespoke the influence of a hot, nervous rancour.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  She learned to accept criticism without rancour.
2  There was rancour in his voice.
3  In 1948, the Olympics resumed with much rancour after the Second World War and a 12-year Olympic hiatus, said Bob Barney, who studies Olympic history at Western University.