How to Use spite in a Sentence

spite

1 of 2 noun

• He is jealous and full of spite.
• The old guy impressed the young guy, in spite of the rocky landing.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• That’s in spite of the fact that SAS didn’t reveal where the planes would go.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
• And perhaps that is because of the strikes, rather than in spite of them.
  — WIRED, 28 July 2023
• The question is, will viewers stick around in spite of that?
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• In spite of all this, Williams still craved the acceptance and approval of the British press.
  — TIME, 8 Nov. 2023
• In spite of its legacy, the original tree couldn’t stand the test of time.
  — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The 2023 Orioles, so far, have won in spite of their defense.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
• Yet in spite of it all, the series works more often than not.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
• In spite of its size, the Ace aisles are jammed with merchandise.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• However, Jomha felt the event would thrive in spite of the outrage.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
• In spite of the error, Lyft shares are still up 15% from market close.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
• The housing project has moved ahead in spite of the lawsuit, Jackson said.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023
• In spite of this, the rig never showed any signs of distress due to the subpar weather.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 28 May 2023
• The potential for tangling lights is high, in spite of the box’s dividers and wraps for string lights.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• The group’s runners show up in spite of having stressful jobs or a long work day.
  — Diosa Femme, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Pufnstuf and island denizens try to help the boy get home in spite of the machinations of the witch and her doltish minions.
  — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• Our testers found this fan to be quite lightweight in spite of its size, which is 41.5 inches tall.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2023
• In spite of the athletic feat, you’re supposed to look very poised and relaxed.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 25 May 2023
• There’s a sort of wide-eyed innocence in spite of being old.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• In spite of its small size, this 10-acre coastal preserve is home to a treasure trove of creatures.
  — Jared Ranahan, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• In spite of the sell-off, most analysts raised their price targets for the streaming stock.
  — Benzinga, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
• The film has a celebrative last act, in spite of — or because of — all the issues that come up along the way.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
• She's been transported to Mayo in spite of the many obstacles.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
• The decline in the state's murder rate last year came in spite of spikes in homicides in Little Rock and other cities.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2023
• The Sakara certainly has much to offer, both in spite of its smaller size and because of it.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
• But the flight attendant has been able to laugh at herself in spite of comments about her demeanor on the show.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
• The hands of the musicians were ice-cold and their music backed and filled in spite of heroic efforts to pin it down with clothes pins.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
• She’s learned to love herself and her life in spite of its hardships by holding on to her own agency.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
• The poor performance comes in spite of a series of measures Musk has announced to drum up sales.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

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spite

2 of 2 verb

• He only did it to spite me.
• All this would cost $750m—a steep price just to spite a neighbour.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• This isn't the first time Barkley has worn a team's jersey to spite someone.
  — Alysha Tsuji, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2017
• That or the old saying about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2021
• But this would be the equivalent of the GOP cutting off its nose to spite its face.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 July 2022
• In the face of adversity, don’t cut your nose off to spite your face.
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Brazil has never been a country that could spite the world.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• Trump is cutting off his nose to spite his face with these attacks.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017
• He is being set up to fail by the team’s new owner to spite her oligarch ex-husband.
  — John Avlon, CNN, 22 July 2021
• Whatever the merits of that claim, the Russians view Brexit as a case of the U.K. cutting off its nose to spite its face.
  — John Lough and James Sherr, Time, 14 Mar. 2018
• But, long term, Fisher's epic takedown might equate to cutting off his nose to spite his face.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
• However, at the end of the day, Cleveland will soon be noted as a small NBA city that cut off its nose to spite its face.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• However, at the end of the day, Cleveland will soon be noted as a small NBA city that cut off its nose to spite its face.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• As with so many Fox projects, there’s the sense that the folks in charge just want it in their rearview mirror and don’t care if thy cut off their nose to spite their mouse-eared face.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022
• The Falcons have reason to want to spite Watson, though perhaps not enough talent.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 May 2022
• The team’s new owner, who is recently divorced, wants the team to fail to spite her former husband.
  — Joseph Folkman, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
• Nothing gets Larry out of bed faster than a chance to spite someone: like opening up his own coffee shop next to the one that 86’d him.
  — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 9 June 2022
• Ruiz sparked debates about body shape and convention, winning for the doughy among us to spite the sculpted and chiseled.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
• Otherwise, the Lions are playing just to spite the Packers.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2023
• This is, after all, the state that has refused to expand Medicaid out of stubbornness and spite.
  — Kyle Whitmire, al, 5 Feb. 2021
• Only conference in America who would cut their noses off to spite their face.
  — Hunter Cooke, ajc, 14 Nov. 2017
• Some people lock lips just to spite their fellow contestants.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 16 Apr. 2020
• The governor of New Hampshire appears determined to cut off his constituents’ noses to spite their faces.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2020
• In fact, the attacker will take it one step further, and join fierce rivals Barcelona instead - simply to spite Los Blancos.
  — SI.com, 12 June 2018
• To spite him, Julianna launched her fundraiser on Monday.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 29 July 2022
• Is Jim Dolan seriously thinking about cutting off his nose to spite his face?
  — Mike Ozanian, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• But there were real -- and valid -- concerns heading into Tuesday's primaries that the party might well cut off its nose to spite its face in the Golden State.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 6 June 2018
• First, the roommate shut off the cooking gas to spite his girlfriend, who also lived there, then the internet went out, at which point turnover in the other two bedrooms became brisk.
  — Kim Velsey, New York Times, 28 July 2017
• The 1989 film follows a team put together by its owner specifically to be the worst baseball team in the league, which begins winning streak just to spite her.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2017
• And nearly nobody would accept an outcome like killing a baby to spite the other party.
  — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024