bullies

Example Sentences

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Unified could have — or should have — done more to protect her from campus bullies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

And by that I mean find the right fit, scroll on past the “bored blowhards,” as one traveler described some group members to me, and dodge the occasional bullies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Martin had travelled from Woodford Green in east London to be at the property, where there were two adult XL bullies – called Beauty and Bear – and eight puppies.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The two girls were shouting as loudly as the bullies, but what they were saying was, “That is not cool! Stop picking on those kids!” and “Leave my sister alone! Leave her friends alone!”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix