spiteful

Example Sentences

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One writer noted there was “no great compliment involved in having this spiteful looking object for a namesake.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Over the next several years, Tidmarsh sent a series of spiteful messages to Tang and his business associates, the lawsuit said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

That extra spiteful mile is unlikely to sit well with the workers who weren’t fired, since they may be next.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

The feverish “Tortured Poets Department” is a full-throated return to her specialty: autobiographical and sometimes spiteful tales of heartbreak, full of detailed, referential lyrics that her fans will delight in decoding.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Are the Olympians being spiteful, leaving you with no company except this undergrown fool?

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan