meanest
Example Sentences
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Not only has Gabriel been a lynchpin in the top-flight's meanest defence – he has caused the opposition real problems at set-plays.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Yet none found the back of the net, leaving the game to be decided on penalties, the cruelest, meanest, most unfair — and most exciting — way to determine a winner.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Readers eventually learn how Odd, whom Buddy describes as “the meanest human creature in my experience,” ends up at Buddy’s home for the holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
We’d met her last year on Move Up Day, and one of the older kids had said she was the meanest teacher in the school—maybe the whole planet.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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