spite
Example Sentences
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Carbisdale became known as the Castle of Spite because of its original resident's bitter dispute with her husband's family.
From BBC • May 18, 2022
Five of those painters and collagists are featured in “In Spite of Modernism: Contemporary Art, Abstract Legacies and Identity,” an exhibition that departs from the Arlington Arts Center’s usual group-show format.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022
It is also known as the Spite House, according to the plaque.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021
“As T.S. Eliot measures his life with coffee spoons, so I measure mine by the plays I’ve been in,” he wrote in his expansive 2008 memoir, “In Spite of Myself.”
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2021
Spite of what Miss Poole say, that’d be the only thing what would make John rest peaceful.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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