All 5 Uses
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Lonesome Dove
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- He knew he had become a poor second in Lorena's affections to the man just in front of him, and the knowledge rankled.†
Chpt 9-10 *
- It rankled him that the man was being so little help.†
Chpt 34-35
- It rankled him continually that Gus had all of Lorena's company, day after day.†
Chpt 70-71
- I detest that man and it rankles that he got so much of you and I got so little.†
Chpt 87-88
- IT CAME TO RANKLE CALL that Gus had left his half of the cattle herd to the woman.†
Chpt 99-100
Definitions:
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(1)
(rankle) to annoy or make angry -- often over a long period of time
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) to fester -- literally, like an inflamed sore