How to Use spiteful in a Sentence

spiteful

adjective

• Its shock to the body is matched with a spiteful slap to the eardrum.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
• That's the spiteful meme most are trying to fight against.
  — Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
• That's a fraction of the fights this spiteful bully has picked over the years.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022
• The chanting, spiteful crowd has been right both nights.
  — Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
• Jane Austen, the great artist of spiteful snobbery and petty vengeance, knew this well.
  — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021
• What intrigued me the most are the twisted stories about camels who are known to be spiteful and hold a grudge.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• The man who was talking turned away, and so did the others, except for one who stared me down, his spiteful eyes full of plans.
  — David Rabe, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• Forbes’ manner isn’t one of someone who is spiteful, rather it’s of a man who worked to find inner peace.
  — Omar Abdel-Baqui, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2020
• He's been acting like a spiteful 65-year-old child ever since.
  — Tribune News Service, OregonLive.com, 17 June 2017
• To me, the union’s decision is spiteful and only harms students.
  — baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2021
• At one point, the address of Fang Fang’s house in Wuhan was published, and people wrapped rocks with spiteful messages and lobbed them over her wall.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• Now that Nate has turned into a spiteful rival coach, both the actor and his fans have reservations.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• This has had an adverse effect for him as the spiteful trolls are attacking him for his kindness.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 3 May 2017
• This has had an adverse effect for him as the spiteful trolls are attacking him for his kindness.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 3 May 2017
• But that’s how petty and spiteful Trump’s climate policy has proven to be.
  — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 12 Sep. 2017
• Season 2, episode 4 The women band together to save an old oak tree, but the tree sits on the property of a very spiteful woman.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• Season 2, episode 4 The women band together to save an old oak tree, but the tree sits on the property of a very spiteful woman.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2017
• In the long term, having a spiteful team member is much harder to manage and can have a ripple effect on the engagement of the wider team.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 May 2023
• You should not be held captive for years because your spiteful almost-ex is dragging things out.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
• That battle may have ended in a stalemate, but the feud took a darker turn a few years later, when 4chan users were more focused and more spiteful.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
• Some people from Chiloé even carry a potato in their pocket like an amulet to ward off spells cast by spiteful neighbours.
  — Mark Johanson, The Economist, 28 Aug. 2020
• Three local boys in a passing car add to her horrific ordeal with their own spiteful taunts.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2022
• Although cognizant of the system that oppressed him, Forbes’ manner isn’t one of someone who is spiteful, rather it’s of a man who worked to find inner peace.
  — Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2020
• On the surface, the conservative Christian woman wouldn’t dare have a spiteful thought.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• There's nothing spiteful about the delay, Forrester said; the permitting process simply took longer than hoped.
  — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, 14 May 2018
• Anyone who has worked the red carpet for years will be inoculated against the spiteful tabloid comments about a glimpse of cellulite, or a stray gray hair.
  — Daisy Goodwin, Time, 17 May 2018
• Luckily for us there were more than enough people for Channon to remain spiteful and amusing about.
  — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 14 Feb. 2022
• With help from the sprite Ariel, Prospero seeks revenge via the storm of the play’s name, while dealing with complications from the spiteful island lifer Caliban.
  — James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• But the spiteful public debate over the NFL’s kneeling protesters?
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
• This is a spiteful attack on a citizen and freedom of expression.
  — James Masters, CNN, 16 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024