spite
Example Sentences
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He is a founding member of In Spite Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Carbisdale became known as the Castle of Spite because of its original resident's bitter dispute with her husband's family.
From BBC • May 18, 2022
It is also known as the Spite House, according to the plaque.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing spite
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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