spoil

Example Sentences

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Jenna frequently brought gifts and treats for her mum, wanting to "spoil" her.

From BBC

Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the programme's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and dysfunctional family descending into chaos.

From Barron's

He spends every summer at his cottage in Nantucket, and this year Andre landed the sweet gig of supervising his spoiled cat for fifty dollars a day the whole time he’s away.

From Literature

Some felt comforted because something was being done to solve the problem that had come upon them so unexpectedly to spoil the calm progression of their days.

From Literature

A fine night for Newcastle was spoiled in the closing stages when captain Bruno Guimaraes hobbled off with what appeared to be a torn hamstring in a devastating blow to their ambitions across three competitions.

From Barron's