- present participle of bully.
bullying
Example Sentences
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Instagram, which is owned by Meta, has been disabling accounts and taking down some of these pickup or prank videos for violating the platform’s rules against harassment and bullying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The video itself has been roundly seen as damaging to Miller, who comes across as bullying and condescending, and whose rage at the situation seems to be boiling just below the surface.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
During the 2021-22 school year, before its wide-scale adoption of restorative justice, this district of roughly 20,000 students had almost 2,500 instances of violence, bullying and weapons infractions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is a line when desperation turns into bullying.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Also, he never told our parents about the bullying when it involved him.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
