spite
Example Sentences
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The architectural details would lead to Carbisdale becoming known as the Castle of Spite.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
“As T.S. Eliot measures his life with coffee spoons, so I measure mine by the plays I’ve been in,” he wrote in his expansive 2008 memoir, “In Spite of Myself.”
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2021
“Several nights a week we would indulge in that quaint but delightful Victorian diversion — we read aloud to each other after dinner,” he wrote in his 2008 memoir, “In Spite of Myself.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2021
He slowed down in later years and would write about his own antics in his acclaimed memoir “In Spite of Myself.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2021
Spite of what Miss Poole say, that’d be the only thing what would make John rest peaceful.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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