backbite

Example Sentences

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Characters backbite, bellyache, reluctantly pitch in and commit mundane acts of heroism in a largely believable manner, and there’s blessedly little inspirational speechmaking.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Diana could spin one delicious backbite like that into a column.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah, I'm afraid you mean she doesn't backbite.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various

But not to quarrel; not to haggle, and backbite and scold!

From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane

Besides, the way people gossip and backbite is the very devil!

From Three Comedies by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson)