nastiness

Example Sentences

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For Tunstall, what sets Clueless apart from traditional rom-coms and high school dramas is that there isn't a typical villain and there's no nastiness or bad intentions from the main characters.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

Even when Walz delivered his obligatory zingers about Trump and Vance, he did it with humor and without nastiness.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2024

Coulam comes across as part Logan Roy, part Joe Exotic — cruel, charismatic, driven and able to inspire fealty even as he dispenses bitter nastiness.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

He’s a fiery competitor and has the necessary nastiness to excel in the trenches.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

They coughed and complained about the bitter taste before they ran one by one into the restroom and threw up the nastiness in their stomachs.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall