meanie

Example Sentences

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Maybe it’s why the quiet moments tend to stand out most for those who have played for the man some fans see as a screaming meanie.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Curiously, the character the musical represents most fully isn’t uncertain Andy or meanie Miranda, but cucumber-cool Nigel.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

The “Peanuts” characters appear throughout, and meanie Lucy directs some insults at Charlie Brown, as usual.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

My husband then began egging our children on with comments about how it’s too bad we can’t have a pet because mom is being a meanie.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2021

Being the meanie that he was, he moved slowly, getting great pleasure from Father Time’s fear.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles