the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile
Recent Examples on the WebSo this gave me a chance to address some of those things, just not in a spiteful or vengeful way.—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 June 2024 The chanting, spiteful crowd has been right both nights.—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024 The end of the JCPOA made a spiteful Iran even more aggressive and added Tehran’s now unrestrained nuclear activities to its list of concerns.—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2023 But then the Trump administration, in its spiteful efforts to undo everything Obama, stopped the program, known as DACA.—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spiteful
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