spiteful

Example Sentences

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Smith, booed to the crease by the travelling fans, edged to second slip, then Khawaja gloved a spiteful lifter.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Over the next several years, Tidmarsh sent a series of spiteful messages to Tang and his business associates, the lawsuit said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

That extra spiteful mile is unlikely to sit well with the workers who weren’t fired, since they may be next.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

“Not Like Us” came out last year at the climax of a well-publicized feud between Drake and Lamar that involved the exchange of more than half a dozen increasingly spiteful diss tracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

But there were voices inside: a woman speaking roughly and a sharp-tongued child answering her in an angry, spiteful tone.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry