spleenful

Example Sentences

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A Peugeot had a headlight demolished by a spleenful buffalo; another car hit a giraffe.

From Time Magazine Archive

That his motive in enlightening his employer upon those matters which went on in his absence was largely spleenful, even revengeful, there could be no doubt.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

Smallbones kept up a fiery run of comment and spleenful argument on every individual who backed the doctor in his demand for moderation.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

Careless, if envy, with a spleenful sneer, Reviles that eulogy she bates to bear, Saying with freedom's ill-assum'd pretence, 'Tis noxious flattery, o'erwhelming sense.

From Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular Friends of the Author by Hayley, William

Ah, those maladette bestie di serpenti—they swarmed among the rocks: they were of every kind and size; worst of all, the spleenful naja.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman