How to Use bitchy in a Sentence
bitchy
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What explains the gruff-meets-bitchy tone of Putting the Rabbit in the Hat?
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
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The other things that surprises me frankly is how bitchy the book is.
—Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
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The other thing that surprises me, frankly, is how bitchy the book is.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
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The women who staff the pageant are bitchy to Turquoise, as if getting pregnant stripped her of all her value.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 19 June 2020
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But this album was his big Garfunkel Purge, embracing his bitchy wit.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
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One can already hear the complaints: Not all gay men love fashion, melodrama, and bitchy divas.
—Manuel Betancourt, The Atlantic, 11 June 2017
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Sloth eventually, slowly, climbs down to talk to Colton, and a few of the women discuss how weird this is without being bitchy.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2019
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Anytime Chloe makes a bitchy comeback or comment to/about another girl.
—Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 18 Aug. 2017
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Yeah, that bitchy little nuisance is known as imposter syndrome.
—Martine Thompson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2017
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Luckily, in the episode’s most touching moment, bitchy hot girl Yasmine takes pity on him and finally decides to sign his cast.
—Cydney Lee, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
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Look, people talk about how mean and bitchy and horrible and terrible and backbiting fashion is and stuff.
—Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
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Next to these genuinely disturbed dudes, even the bitchiest, most backbiting BGB looks downright quaint.
—Leeann Duggan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
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As bitchy as things got, there was also incredible bonding.
—Anonymous, Cosmopolitan, 20 Nov. 2015
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Both Art and Scarlet have prepared a Bindi Irwin, and both are trying to pass off their bitchy passive-aggression as fun banter.
—Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 8 May 2021
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As bitchy and negative as Buckley’s persona was, Olga Kay came across as the exact opposite.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Ars Technica, 11 June 2017
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The bitchy quips are all delivered and landed with deft comic timing, and the show is an entertaining primer in the now widely accepted art of throwing shade.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 31 May 2018
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There are bitchy sisters and ice queen mothers, overbearing fathers and wisecracking best friends.
—Caroline Framke, Variety, 10 June 2022
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His pieces range from quick sketches of the down-and-out in Delhi to bitchy reports of literary parties and on-the-go shots of trees, monuments, doorways, and the gorgeously polluted sky.
—Karan Mahajan, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2019
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Griffin, on the other hand, has a built her brand around her public persona, which may be bitchy but can also be self-deprecating in a way that can be relatable.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 June 2017
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While David sulks in his victim’s humble home, his wife Jo (Jessica Chastain) parties at a lavish desert villa just a few miles away, surrounded by the bitchy elite.
—Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
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Laing, who has achieved as close to zero percent body fat as a human being can get, makes Felicia sassy, showy and risk-taking, as well as bitchy in interactions with Bernadette.
—Christine Dolen, sun-sentinel.com, 17 June 2019
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At least in this premiere episode, characters are bitchy but not offensively cruel.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 July 2021
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There have been representations of powerful women who are shown as bitchy, like armor.
—Greg Braxton, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
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His last name has been translated as toadstool, bitchy and pagan, but there is no denying the significance of the museum’s religious treasures.
—Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
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As shame made way for pride, it was viewed as an uncomfortable anachronism, perpetuating the negative stereotype of the bitchy, self-hating, maudlin gay victim.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
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And all of the supporting roles for gay, male-presenting people are bitchy customer service representatives.
—NBC News, 19 Jan. 2022
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Most Rent-heads were utterly delighted and supportive, but as the night went on and the benefit turned out to actually be a benefit (rather than a straight-up performance of the musical), some commenters got downright bitchy.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
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Bacon and Freud scholars maintain a quietly bitchy relationship, and Harrison, who has a mischievous side, took an interest in Omar’s painting.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
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Both were immaculately dressed and could be relied upon for bitchy quips, but were rarely afforded much depth beyond embarrassing hookup stories.
—Louis Staples, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2022
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People say women are inherently bitchy and competitive.
—Allison Glock, Marie Claire, 7 Mar. 2019
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