spiteful

Example Sentences

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Still, there was a signature twinkle in Lydon’s eye during the Sex Pistols days, a glint of spiteful mischief so magnetic and unknowable, punk as we understand it might not have happened without it.

From Washington Post

“I’ve raised three other kids in that hateful, spiteful situation that we call America right now,” he said.

From New York Times

It heard Mr Hill's "spiteful or retaliatory" acts followed the woman's rejection of his sexual advances.

From BBC

There’s so much to appreciate and even more to explore here, within the confidences of rowdy, supportive, spiteful women; I just wish we’d have witnessed it onstage.

From New York Times

"She didn’t threaten my baby," Nice testified, saying that she included her unborn child in her application because "I was being spiteful."

From Fox News