spitefulness

Example Sentences

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But in "F2F," her spitefulness and self-hatred are almost too relatable you forget her lyrics are so toxic.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2023

It has a Big Bad — Leland Townsend, a primly malevolent nemesis played with a marvelous comic spitefulness by Michael Emerson — whose ratio of psychopathy versus supernatural dominion is teasingly unspecified.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2021

The self-serving spitefulness of the Roy family was repeatedly put into sharp relief by a number of foils and opponents who were somehow even worse.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2019

Setting aside their exceptional powers, the Norse gods repeatedly come across as simply all too human, prey to envy, squabbling, lust and spitefulness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2017

Though they knew he was a wizard they showed him no regard, but rather a kind of cautious spitefulness.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin