spitefully

Example Sentences

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He can still spitefully quote the negative reviews for his 1940 musical “Pal Joey.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

“Oh yes he did, oh yes he did,” she said, according to the filing, which says that Carroll made the comments “with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack” the former president.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

“They make the life without glory,” she says, spitefully, of the dried-up women who mock her.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Let's not make a false equivalence here with someone reacting thoughtlessly, spitefully and rashly, indulging in an orgy of name-calling and character assassination.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2018

“It’s a reason of State,’ said Polly spitefully.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis