spoil
Example Sentences
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She encourages parents to "let go" if grandparents, aunties and uncles choose to spoil young ones.
From BBC
But then Will spoils the effect by digressing into a jarring non sequitur:
From Salon
But if there is a war over oil, will anyone enjoy the spoils?
From Barron's
Third, every parent should abide by an admonition frequently offered by my famous pediatrician father: “I never met a child spoiled for having been told too many times that they were loved.”
As a result, an unprecedented number of people spoiled their ballots—close to 13% of the total—rather than cast their lot with either of the approved and all-too-similar candidates.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
