meanness

Example Sentences

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“Railroaded” evokes the meanness of New York in those years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Rourke later apologised to Siwa, and told the housemates he "didn't say it out of meanness".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

He just had the most genuinely funny mind without trying and even when it was aimed at you, chiding you, there was never meanness or malice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Another said the demon’s “ludicrous meanness destroys the terror which is the soul of the scene.”

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

He had the rawness, the abandon, the unbridled meanness.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger