spoiled

Example Sentences

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What happens next cannot be spoiled, only experienced, with startled laughter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh play spoiled Pakistani-American brothers thrown from a life of wealth and leisure to suddenly leading their deceased father’s Philadelphia crime empire, along with Poorna Jagannathan as their scene-stealing auntie/enforcer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Multiple reports suggest that he’s very invested in making her feel spoiled, even if it means using government funds.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

There was little chance that the spoiled young mistress of Ashton Place would become a benefactor to Swanburne—or Swansong, as she sometimes glibly called the school.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood