spitefully

Example Sentences

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“Oh yes he did, oh yes he did,” she said, according to the filing, which says that Carroll made the comments “with an intent to significantly and spitefully harm and attack” the former president.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

You can, of course, spitefully refuse your parents’ offer to pay for your son’s college education.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2019

The film rather mistakenly presumes that the audience will have sympathy for the deeply unlikable and spitefully bratty Lindsey, whose brittle charisma is not enough to connect these random events and outlandish, yet unfunny situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Let's not make a false equivalence here with someone reacting thoughtlessly, spitefully and rashly, indulging in an orgy of name-calling and character assassination.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2018

Malfoy was looking furious, and as Ginny passed him to enter her classroom, he yelled spitefully after her, “I don’t think Potter liked your valentine much!”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling