| What really seemed to rankle with her was his statement that he was ashamed of the affair. |
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| The words Britain's best young spellers found most difficult were rankle, caterwaul, pleasurable and totem. |
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| Well, there is a thing or two that might rankle people on either side, but Scott has his head in the right place. |
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| The issues they raise often have their roots in the past and yet continue to rankle. |
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| Broadly, he says, his government has listened and tried to understand business, but there are issues which still rankle. |
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| The Quebec Court of Appeal has provided us with several responses that, it must be said, clearly rankle the Liberal government. |
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| Even for the casually religious, such seeming reductionism can rankle. |
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| I think that's why its problematic elements rankle – not because I'm 'offended', but because it seems lazy, repetitious. |
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| He is keen to put his high-profile role in the disastrous Lions tour of Australia, behind him, although four months on certain matters still rankle. |
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| Newcomers may rankle you at first, but these may be false starts to lifelong bonds. |
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| Cutting off free coffee or leaving watercoolers empty, for example, can rankle the rank and file without doing much to truly trim costs. |
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| When he distanced himself from the former prime minister, whose compromises with Conservatism still rankle with Labour purists, parts of the crowd cheered. |
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| Quotes like that may rankle the proud Canadian nationalist, but somehow even in our own minds our industry seems to gain most credibility when Americans recognize our achievements. |
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| Does that setback with Sweden still rankle? |
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| His shafts of satire fly straight to their billet, and there they rankle. |
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