How to Use bully in a Sentence

bully

1 of 2 noun

• This friend was a bully in school and seems not to have grown out of that persona.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
• Like bully sticks, rawhide chews are high in protein and low in fat.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Its star in the post, Hunter Dickinson, set the tone with some bully ball.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2022
• Bring a frozen Kong with peanut butter or a bully stick.
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2022
• Some stay quiet, while others want to stand up to the bully.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• As with the modern bully, your best bet is to avoid them and keep record of your own actions.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
• But some bully on top of the club wasn’t happy with such truth-telling, and the man has been disciplined.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• The first bully then takes one more shot at Diego, who is on the ground, before both assailants run away.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Your gift giver appears not to have a problem with the bully.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• All their plans to meet in person someday in some other place without the bullies around.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• Recently, the Hoosiers have opted for bully ball with Holmes down low.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Jan. 2023
• Plus, the bully slices add an extra layer of flavor and protein that your dog will love.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Dante should be a free spirit, who talks a mile a minute and walks down the street barefoot, someone bound to thrive decades after the school bullies have peaked.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 July 2023
• The rescue canine, a Chihuahua, wiener dog and bully mix, won’t eat until he’s kissed on the forehead.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
• One swift series of button presses, and the bully was behind bars.
  — Jaclyn Greenberg, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2022
• He was viewed as a big bully, the aging player who can’t handle his emotions.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• As school bully Biff Tanner, Nathanial Hackmann echoes the dumb-lug bit.
  — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Instead, Juarez said, her daughter faced bullies and threats at her new school’s campus.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• The bullies in blue simply plugged in new names and breezed to the West title without anyone waging as much as a pillow fight.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• All those institutions deserve to be shamed for failing to stand up to a bully.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• Trump comes off as a childish bully who needs anger management.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• His problem was that the biggest bully with the loudest megaphone turned out to be somebody else: Donald J. Trump.
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
• In the clip, Stolz is seen with his hands at his sides before one of the bullies sucker-punches him, knocking Stolz to the ground, where his head strikes a concrete pillar.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• This made my aunt’s childhood very difficult, and my mom, as the younger sister, would then stand up to bullies on her behalf and whatnot.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
• Maryland’s crowd is a mean-spirited bully, and Purdue gave them a two-hour, well-deserved wedgie.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• Nicolas’ death caused uproar across France, sparking new debate over how best to deal with bullies and their victims.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
• However, the team is still plagued by a puzzling question from these findings: if being mean is the key to success, why isn’t every chimp a bully?
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
• What message is being sent when the darkest person in the friendship circle only exists to be a bully?
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Some flatter, bully and blackmail girls and their parents to get racier and racier images.
  — Michael H. Keller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• There’s a sense of all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small being worthy of life, despite what the film’s resident bigots and bullies might think.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024

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bully

2 of 2 verb

• He bullied his younger brothers.
• The gymnast has opened up in the past about how she was bullied for having muscles.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023
• Ricky is the target of bullying and gets hit hard with a baseball.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• But Dorothy doesn’t feel at home and is being bullied by her classmates.
  — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• Then again, no one wants to get bullied in a cringeworthy way on the way to fighting for a spot in the postseason.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• Many want to avoid school because they are being bullied.
  — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• But her son told her who the child was, and apparently, the child had bullied other kids, too.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 7 June 2023
• In the Karate Kid films, Johnny is the problematic rich kid who bullies Daniel.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 2 July 2023
• The reenacting of a dead child’s Internet chat room bullying from 1996 is the origin of the ghost.
  — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
• My bad has been a little bit of bullying on the internet.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• In 2019, Trump bullied a Powell Fed that had been tightening to reverse course and cut rates.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• The experienced Sun squad bullied the Fever all night long, and their lead flourished as a result.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Aug. 2023
• From the time she was born, Blue Ivy has been bullied online for her facial features and hair texture.
  — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Swan is a fable about a boy who is mercilessly bullied.
  — Vulture, 29 Sep. 2023
• More:Kentucky's 2022 top teacher was bullied out of his job for being gay.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2023
• Rice said he was bullied at school and couldn't stay motivated to go to classes.
  — Byron Pitts, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Maybe your child feels hurt from getting bullied or jealous of their lighter skinned sibling.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• He also gets bullied, targeted by a group that beats him bloody.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• Chinn said he was bullied at school for being Asian American.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 23 July 2023
• In the courtroom, lawyers reviewed the type of harassment and bullying that students at school testified to at the time.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• This is the place that spawned tyrannical sushi masters and ramen bullies who make their staff and customers tremble with a glare.
  — Zoe Li, CNN, 2 May 2023
• Wang’s family and their lawyer said on social media the boy had long been bullied by the three classmates, who are all under age 14.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• The lawsuit also says that on the day of the attack, teachers saw the assailant bullying the victim but didn’t intervene.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• Despite being guards, Brooks and Rieger were in the mix, not allowing themselves to be bullied inside.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• Charlie has had a rough time of it at school, where he’s been outed and is mercilessly bullied for being gay.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• The law creates a statewide blueprint for schools to protect bullying victims.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 5 May 2023
• One adult cannot stop a group of children from expertly bullying another child and adults tend to listen to a group vs one child.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• How does Netflix prepare you for any backlash or bullying from the public?
  — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
• The app was banned from at least half a dozen campuses after concerns about bullying and harassment on the platform.
  — Laura Doan, CBS News, 3 May 2024
• One said Anderson was sometimes bullied because of his clothes and physical appearance.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024