spiteful

Example Sentences

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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

"It is quite spiteful what she is doing, but it is all wrapped up in this lady façade."

From BBC • May 22, 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

“Not Like Us” came out last year at the climax of a well-publicized feud between Drake and Lamar that involved the exchange of more than half a dozen increasingly spiteful diss tracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

It’s a petty and spiteful trick, designed to implicate Matthews, who will be onstage in the role of Richard Coyle during Our American Cousin.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly