How to Use backstabbing in a Sentence

backstabbing

noun
  • She was hurt by her former friend's backstabbing.
  • At least Tabitha and Moe are there to support Elodie in the very meta backstabbing.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • And, for better or for worse, there was no backstabbing among the bakers.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • Trump’s inner circle is like the Court of the Borgias, full of intrigue and backstabbing.
    Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2017
  • And after a decade of backstabbing, greed, and bloodshed, their lives — and pop culture — would never be the same.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Let’s hope that doesn’t mean the show will up its backstabbing quota next season; after all, that’s not what fans of The Bold Type are there for.
    Rebecca Keegan, vanityfair.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Her book is seamy, full of score-settling, gossip and backstabbing.
    Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • There’s no backstabbing between them; there’s a lot of honesty.
    Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But despite a plot full of backstabbing and infidelities, the movie is just that: a machine.
    Pat Padua, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
  • There’s plenty of backstabbing, broken hearts and cat fights.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • For those who love Survivor but don't care for the backstabbing, Alone is your best alternative.
    Sophie Van Bastelaer, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That way, when the new regime comes in together at the same time, the Jaguars would have a better chance in 2022 at a drama-free and backstabbing-free environment.
    Gene Frenette, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
  • But what if the environment came with less backstabbing and more beer-drinking?
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 8 Jan. 2018
  • There's a comedic element that keeps things fresh as the group works through fake friendships and literal backstabbing.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 19 July 2022
  • If anything, the infighting among his staff and anonymous backstabbing in the press has only worsened as the stakes have risen higher.
    Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 10 Feb. 2017
  • Yes, there are insults aplenty, and the requisite amount of backstabbing.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
  • The game play and backstabbing feels more transparent this season than usual.
    Joseph Longo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The front office was known for a culture of leaks and backstabbing, and McDaniels and Caserio believed that better offers would come their way.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2020
  • On the surface, it’s all backstabbing and table-flipping—a show filled with tiny dogs and massive diamonds.
    Ilana Kaplan, Town & Country, 5 May 2021
  • None of the ugliness of Worlds Apart or Kaoh Rong permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 May 2020
  • Hopefully, next week, the stakes will feel higher, and there will be some delicious backstabbing.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
  • There is just ambition, backstabbing and a mean streak of bullying.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The Romans passed down to us many treasures, from their games to distract the mob, to their ruthless backstabbing politics, architecture and the law.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Groveland seems to be a city where backstabbing is an art form practiced by the very bored, but this reaches way beyond simple meddling.
    Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 May 2017
  • With a lot of intrigue and figurative backstabbing, the film can be seen as a sort of allegoric depiction of Julius Caesar's death.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The Trump White House itself has been riven by infighting and backstabbing, resulting in dozens of high-profile leaks and scathing news stories.
    Tina Nguyen, The Hive, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Mary Trump is the author of a tell-all book on the Trump family, portraying it as dysfunctional and plagued by a focus on backstabbing and money.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The amount of scheming, backstabbing, plotting, and gossiping that goes down on East 61st Street and 5th Avenue is plentiful, as are the characters.
    Tanya Christian, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2022
  • His downfall came amid a storm of corporate turnover and backstabbing, and Yetnikoff’s personal chaos.
    Hillel Italie, ajc, 11 Aug. 2021
  • But the bombshells have been coming fast and furious since the backdoor pilot — focused on a Housewife’s ex-husband romancing a Sur waitress — and produced, in its early seasons, an almost Shakespearean amount of backstabbing.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023

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