His promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
‘The second marriage must have caused her some heartburning, though.’. From Wordnik.com. [Spotted Hemlock]
In a fair win and a fair defeat, she said, there should be no heartburning!. From Wordnik.com. [One Corpse Too Many]
The melody itself seems to have caused some heartburning to many excellent critics. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference
There was heartburning among them, for Bair had still only two wells, and both were beset. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
The Nonconformists were still bitter against it, and there were riots and much heartburning among the poor. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Link ahhh… the heartwarming story of Cinderella and her transparent recipes for success… how heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign Blames Intern for ‘Farfallegate’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Class carried books with them, the present year being one of much struggling and heartburning, and few leisured moments. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Wisdom] Reference
A woman herself, she understood something of the fear, and shame, and heartburning that had gone to the making of the lie. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
There was a good deal of heartburning and jealousy amongst the members of the staff; but I dare say all that is forgotten long ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography] Reference
Slowly the conviction that this was the true explanation of all that had caused her such bitter heartburning in the unhappy past grew and deepened in Diana's mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
We agree this is to avoid any heartburning in his parents. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3] Reference
Bonaparte perceived this, not without secret heartburning; but for. From Wordnik.com. [World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France] Reference
There was a great deal of heartburning and ill-will in respect to the. From Wordnik.com. [Richard II Makers of History] Reference
This pretension gave rise to a good deal of heartburning and contention. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Europe] Reference
Their gossip was all of the disappointed ones, and their bitterness and heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [The Metropolis] Reference
Probably there is no sphere in which there is more of disappointment and heartburning than the army. From Wordnik.com. [The Recreations of a Country Parson] Reference
On Sunday Bob saw Sarah drive away with Curtis -- and spent a black day of jealousy and heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [Scattergood Baines] Reference
The result was mutual fret and heartburning, for she had made no progress in her endeavors to win recognition from the Van. From Wordnik.com. [That Affair Next Door] Reference
The younger men who had since come out had been scandalized, and tried to make a change, which had led to much heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field] Reference
It is a lonely and a heartburning experience for the young to have to step aside and watch others, less well equipped, march by. From Wordnik.com. [Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz] Reference
This conduct on the part of Mr. Seward causes much heartburning among the people who dwell on the north bank of the St. Lawrence. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America.] Reference
There were injustice, oppression, brutality and heartburning in the régime, -- but where in the struggling world are these absent?. From Wordnik.com. [American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime] Reference
But the huge German navy which had caused so much heartburning, and cost so many millions to build, did little throughout the whole war. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
These famous enactments were destined to produce more discord and heartburning than all the other clauses of the Constitutional Act combined. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion] Reference
But there was considerable heartburning, and the Moderates were suspected of contemplating some retrograde move at the following annual session. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Unrest] Reference
She was not made for a life and a place like this, where pain and passion and heartburning lie in sharp contrast of shadow side by side with sunshine and flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Guests Of Hercules] Reference
But here such a proposal would be laughed out of Congressional halls, though it would be a wise measure to prevent confusion, unnecessary friction and heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [Ethics in Service] Reference
It was a matter of common fame that his entertainments were the cause of more envy and heartburning in the fashionable sisterhood than any other events of the season. From Wordnik.com. [The Master of Silence] Reference
A matter of small importance; it causes heartburning probably, but little more. From Wordnik.com. [On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature] Reference
If we could only agree to do that, it would save us from such a deal of heartburning, and would make none of us a bit the worse.’. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
1776 had been the cause of acute heartburning in London. From Wordnik.com. [Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence] Reference
If we could only agree to do that, it would save us from such a deal of heartburning, and would make none of us a bit the worse. ". From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
This life, with its pain and heartburning. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
Heartwarming, heartburning...potayto, potahto. From Wordnik.com. [Mom-101 Guest Post: Worship the Belly.] Reference
Heartwarming, heartburning … potayto, potahto. From Wordnik.com. [Mom-101 Guest Post: Worship the Belly. | Her Bad Mother] Reference
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