spoiled

Example Sentences

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I have to admit, I did a double take when I saw in last Sunday’s letters, not just one, but two USC detractors dredged up the same tired old jab, “The University of Spoiled Children.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025

Consumer crusader Ralph Nader had just released a 500-page report titled “The Spoiled System.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022

It was around this time that sociologist Erving Goffman popularized the idea of stigma around mental illness with his book Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity.

From Slate • May 11, 2022

Spoiled rice was delivered in the morning in a plastic bag, which he had to use for other purposes because there was no toilet.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

Spoiled, rude, and selfish was precisely what these children were.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood