How to Use wronged in a Sentence

wronged

adjective
  • Christopher’s father is a wronged man, unwilling to let go of bitterness.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2017
  • The secret is that an apology is never really for the wronged party.
    — Jaya Saxena, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The wronged wife can acknowledge or ignore the presence of the other woman, who may be mourning the death of the man as much or more than his wife is.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Again and again, with the passion of a wronged man, Roth emphasized that his life had nothing to do with the material in most of his books.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 May 2018
  • That image of Maradona as an avenging angel, as a tribune of a wronged people, transcended borders.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • But Offset’s move is arguably worse than the big public proposal move, because Cardi is the wronged party here.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
  • In the ensuing months, the president has often invoked the case at fiery rallies, insisting that Kavanaugh was the wronged party.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • In situations like those, a post-nup can try to protect against future betrayals of trust by transferring ownership of assets to the wronged partner.
    — Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Though the victims themselves may be gone, their families remember — and generations with no firsthand experience of violence may still feel wronged.
    — Leonid Peisakhin, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Burnley’s case against Everton, with a decision expected before the turn of the year, promises to offer timely guidance on what a wronged party can expect.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • In a bank someone must always be able to reconstruct a decision, for an auditor, a regulator or a wronged customer, and an agent that cannot show its working is a liability dressed as an efficiency.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The overpowering moral authority of wronged women, #MeToo’s skeptics alleged, would allow cynical wrongdoers to weaponize claims of victimhood for their own gain.
    — Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
  • But the most stunning performance comes from Pugh, who ignited 2017’s Lady Macbeth with her chilling portrayal of a wronged woman exacting her revenge on the world of men.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 20 June 2019
  • Almost all the Indian adaptations of Wuthering Heights fall on the side of depicting the Heathcliff character as a wronged lover who is ultimately in the right; here’s one that leans more toward his villainy, resulting in something slightly less predictable, if still quite silly at times.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026

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