spiteful

Example Sentences

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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

Merthyr Tydfil magistrate Carol Sweet JP said Barrett's actions were "mean and spiteful".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

Being spiteful and threatening to cancel the movie so everyone’s work would’ve been for nothing?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon