bossing around
Example Sentences
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A video of comedian Ziwe bossing around a cast of young men in a “Bad Boyfriend Bootcamp.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
"It's everyone's dream, to be honest, bossing around celebrities," Lenny laughs.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2022
If our children become accustomed to bossing around their mechanical menials without so much as a please or a thank you, will they turn into adults we can’t stand?
From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018
Sandy Woodmansee, a bespectacled, bearded man with a thick New England accent who showed no hesitation bossing around much younger staffers, had never been in involved in political campaigns before Trump came to town.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2015
Saint Sarah takes over immediately, assessing the team, pondering our combined brain capabilities, assigning responsibilities—in general, doing what she does best: bossing around the rest of us.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
