bullied
Example Sentences
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In Mr. Harris’s telling, long before Augustus came to rule vast swaths of the earth, he was a sickly boy named Octavius, bullied by schoolmates until the far-stronger Agrippa became his protector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I’m here to say today that we will not be bullied by these developers,” the governor said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The public has bullied her out of it. We've bullied her out of fame. I think that's gross."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Officials said earlier he faced academic-related stress and a classmate said he was bullied.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
I’d walked away from one of the most amazing people I’d ever known because I’d been bullied into it by his coach, by his peers, by his own mother.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
