How To Use Spiteful In A Sentence

These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
His laughter was spiteful and mirthless, and he took his time, content to let his presence sink in.
Brown will be back to his spiteful, nasty, moody, blackheart self BEFORE the end of the month. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

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By going to this extreme you are unfairly punishing the individual in the pursuit of spiteful gossip.
Oh! he was spiteful, acrid, savage; and, as a natural consequence, detestably ugly. Villette
Spitefully, Madame Defarge replies that she has indeed observed Lucie and makes a sinister gesture miming the guillotine.
The spear of Spanish spilbery sprent with spiteful spots, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1
Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
a truly spiteful child
We have small, spiteful, capricious weather. Times, Sunday Times
It was a nasty and spiteful thing to do. The Sun
Pray for them that despitefully use us.
It had been a spiteful encounter where each glove impact was welcomed with rancorous applause.
She had consistently refuted what she claimed to be malicious allegations from spiteful colleagues.
It was a nasty and spiteful thing to do. The Sun
Mother nature can be a cruel and spiteful old mama. Times, Sunday Times
What kind of spiteful little snobs have we become that we look down on anyone who works as a cleaner? The Sun
It's spiteful, but watching an imperious mog getting an intermittent soaking is just very funny. Times, Sunday Times
It always seems to me a kind of spiteful and devious and underhanded sort of job.
It always seems to me a kind of spiteful and devious and underhanded sort of job.
But you know, my heart just sank too deep knowing how horribly spiteful, cruel and unproductive this issue is.
These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
Praise good work, regardless of who did it . If criticism is needed , criticize helpfully , spitefully.
Mandela cheerfully served a prison sentence that would have left Jesus bitter and spiteful.
As such, he is the object of much spiteful envy and petty jealousy from members opposite.
The only way this expulsion can be interpreted is as a spiteful and vindictive move.
And would I say too much if I wonder about the ire that has been directed towards our nation's tenured teachers, with those dislocated by capitalism spitefully seeking to dislocate those given some protection from its excesses? Haroon Moghul: Finding Meaning In The Death Of A Teacher
His absence from the year 's Proms was as inexplicable as it was spiteful. Times, Sunday Times
he answered his accusers spitefully
She is described as sporty and spiteful with black hair. True Blood casting call for Debbie Pelt
If you work for someone who is so unsure of themself that it causes them to overreact or be spiteful or devious, it's unlikely that you're going to change them.
I have an active dislike of her because she's either very stupid or deliberately, maliciously, spiteful.
It just hits you like some spiteful virus and down you go, knowing it's crazy but powerless to resist.
pray for them that despitefully use us
The ancients thought of their _lives_ as woven on the loom of spiteful fates, whom they endeavored to humor by calling euphonious names. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
But no matter about my spiteful little asides, my haughty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
She was plain, spiteful, and surly.
Their charming arrogance suddenly sounded a little spiteful.
Too many Hollywood biographies are either poorly written, cut and paste hagiographies or spiteful, fantastical hatchet jobs that only prove the authors' distaste for their subject.
It affords endless amusement to listen to their endless variety of complaint; some are restless, some spiteful, and some angry, while others sound as merrily as a teakettle, or beat a jolly 'rub-a-dub,' 'rataplan,' that makes a man's soul merry to hear. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
It was a nasty and spiteful thing to do. The Sun
That march of a million men, for all its pride and promise, bears the ineradicable stain of ignorant and spiteful prejudice -- and in all the talk of "atoning," there was no atoning for that. Never Give Up
Because he became known as a spiteful, mean-spirited man who deliberately badmouthed anyone who was more successful than he was. Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Surviving Someone Else’s Jealousy
The really evil libidinous people, that is to say the spiteful, the mean, the base and inhuman, fly from his presence, and for the obvious reason that he makes sex-pleasure so generous, so gay, so natural, so legitimate, that their dark morbid perverted natures can get no more joy out of it. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
It was a time when witches did mischief while spiteful fairies and hobgoblins roamed about.
Carmichael's the usual handsome dud one expects in these kind of romances, but at least there's a great scene where, after discovering that Mary is actually one of the "harpies" of San Francisco who lures men to give up their gold, the two wayward lovers engage in some spiteful, sharp-tongued repartee across a roulette table. Barbary Coast
We crept into our little sister's bedroom and spitefully defaced her pop posters.
We have small, spiteful, capricious weather. Times, Sunday Times
It is here again foretold that this spiteful enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel (v. 15): "Thou shalt come out of the north parts (Syria lay on the north of Canaan) with a mighty army, shalt come like a cloud, and cover the land of my people Israel," v. 16. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
You could be forgiven for thinking that ours was a spiteful and vindictive business and that would be a shame. Times, Sunday Times
The shock of the new was superseded by a spiteful distaste for the prematurely aged.
Indeed, what makes him such an entertaining lyricist and interviewee is the way he manages to dress witheringly cynical comments and spitefully barbed put-downs in such verbal finery and succinct epigrammatic wit.
They may even accuse them of disloyalty, or make some spiteful remark about the friends'parents.
It's a greedily practical turn to the famous "inat" and spiteful defiance that Serbs generally offer the world community. Boing Boing
If you do go sick, it will be so obvious, your boss will be looking for a way to get back at you and you will probably not even enjoy your ’sick day’ As you may be left with mixed feelings of guilt, revenge and spitefulness etc,etc… towards the w**ker that you have for a boss. Thwarted
I wasn't sure whether she was telling the truth or not, or whether she was spiteful and making up bitter lies.
There is a mutual distrust and a spiteful disgust. The Sun
The spiteful spang of atomite sent Bert and Daniels to the window. "The Barrier" by Harl Vincent, part 5
Was not Jesus an extremist in love -- "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you. John W. Whitehead: Was Martin Luther King an Extremist?
Your blog, which reflects in a very clever way about motherhood issues does more good to women than this kind of elitist, guilt-inducing, spiteful and caricatural depiction of dummy motherhood. Who’s The Dummy, Mummy? | Her Bad Mother
Next to this piece you wrote yet another spiteful comment about me. The Sun
The carpenter was the Finn, the Jonah, the warlock who played tricks with the winds and despitefully used poor sailormen. CHAPTER XXXIX
The world of the film swings between petty, spiteful, foolish and resigned.
The show dog world is renowned for spiteful gossip and an exemption for working dogs has caused a split between owners and breeders. Times, Sunday Times
We crept into our little sister's bedroom and spitefully defaced her pop posters.
he became prickly and spiteful
They are spiteful, envious, armchair critics. Times, Sunday Times
But no matter about my spiteful little asides, my haughty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
Stay on in this sham marriage and you'll probably become bitter and spiteful. The Sun
Gone are the wide-eyed kids performing unlikely miracles; enter the spiteful pre-teens who are more than eager to cross swords, and wands, with older muggles and magicians alike.
The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
Naturally, given the spiteful nature that those good-for-nothings have, it follows that they would wrest what little strength we have from us.
He was always doing spiteful little things and blaming them on us. The Sun
Being nasty, mean-spirited or spiteful is not going to bring down gas prices, stop the war or unite this broken country! Delegate update: Obama 35 away
There is a mutual distrust and a spiteful disgust. The Sun
Half the people will be happy with whatever outcome you get, the other half will be bitter and spiteful.
As far as he was concerned she could stay with her mother for ever and they could be two jealous, spiteful old cats together for all he cared.
He laughed at my spiteful remarks, and the worse I calumniated, the merrier was the king. Henry VIII and His Court
For the past week such an appeal had been fastened to the post outside number 62 and it was still there, though the missing animal, a spiteful Persian kitten called Bathsheba, had returned home two days before. Portobello
The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
Likewise if we do give a yobbo a thick ear for (say) dropping litter, swearing at an old lady, kicking a cat or any of the other minor but spiteful misdeeds with which they fill their unrewarding little lives, they are the first to call the police and (as Gadget has observed before) demand that the police “do [us] for assult or somefink”. My Kingdom For A 4X4 With Suitable Tyres! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Either that or they're being spiteful and avoiding me.
So Christ counsels us to "do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" (Matthew 5: 44). Sali Spokesman Clarifies Remarks: My Boss Is Not A Bigot!
She's entirely egoistic, spoilt, neurotic, spiteful, amoral and, I should guess, utterly cold. MURKY SHALLOWS
Aye, is't, though, my buckie?" says he, looking more like a spiteful goblin than ever. Flashman's Lady
If criticism is needed, criticize helpfully, never spitefully.
It is no better when it is vented in spiteful and mischievous language: He that utters slander is a fool too, for God will sooner or later bring forth that righteousness as the light which he endeavours to cloud, and will find an expedient to roll the reproach away. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Having garnered publicity as spokesman for social and family affairs, he regarded the marine portfolio as a spiteful demotion.
he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
Should I not rather seek to forget past wrongs, to cherish and comfort such as despitefully use me? Peregrine's Progress
Some of the tales told against him by fellow touring pros were spiteful, but without doubt he would be counted among the top five British sportsmen in any era.
a despiteful fiend
Just sometimes, they got a little spiteful with it. Times, Sunday Times
The only way this expulsion can be interpreted is as a spiteful and vindictive move.
The republican party which is purportedly christian, should pick up the Bible and actually read it .... "love your enemies", Christ said, "pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you". Hagel criticizes McCain over Iran comments
Envy is one of the worst feelings in the world because it's petty and spiteful.
By the time I reached home I had to admit that I'd been small, petty and spiteful.
She swears at me under her breath and makes spiteful comments. The Sun
There have been and are still so many spiteful left-wing leaders down here who present themselves with the same phonily ‘progressive’ veneer that Obama does that they see straight through him. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
But no matter about my spiteful little asides, my haughty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
They spin stories based off of half-truths and cater to spiteful impulses.
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ... Cynthia Boaz: What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."
Spiteful witches, hungry ghosts, and angry spirits are thought to inflict illness and misfortune.
Being punitive against the news organisation or individual journalist might on ly provoke more spiteful coverage.
It's just too bad that the movie mixes its messages with mean spirited spitefulness, an inflated opinion of itself and its views, and a mostly unfunny script.
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you , do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Pack it in. Stop being spiteful.
Out of its crabbedness and spitefulness come the finest, choicest flavors.
Bearing these, she withdrew, throwing a spiteful glance and leaving the door unshut, so that her master distinctly heard her open Margaret's door, come out again, and finally leave the house. The Mark Of Cain
What your son did, or was egged on to do, was spiteful and cruel. Times, Sunday Times
So, yes, it would be crazy for Germans to let some kind of spiteful attitude toward fun-loving and overly-indebted southern Europeans allow an economic catastrophe to sweep across the continent. Matthew Yglesias » Will Greece Get a Bailout?
But no matter about my spiteful little asides, my haughty disdain. Times, Sunday Times
Yet this luxury of self-love was checked by a misanthropical spitefulness, resulting from the terrible wound she had received, — although by this time she was beginning to think of that wound as a disappointment only. Modeste Mignon
It's spiteful, but watching an imperious mog getting an intermittent soaking is just very funny. Times, Sunday Times
Over and over again, we were reminded of the necessity to “love thy neighbor as thyself,” and to “love thine enemy; pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you.” Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family
I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" [Matthew 4: 22]. John Morton: Am I My Brother's Keeper?
I cannot allow such unpleasant and spiteful persons to be with the rest of the school. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
The best of saints have sometimes received the worst of injuries and indignities from a spiteful, scornful, wicked world, and must not think it strange; our Master himself was thus abused. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
Being punitive against the news organisation or individual journalist might only provoke more spiteful coverage. Though in extreme cases, what have you to lose?
It was not only spiteful enemies in human form, that sent crashing shells and piercing bullets, but every kind of nipping, boring, sucking, and stinging creatures in the air and on the earth, that our brave soldiers, and especially our wounded, had to face. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman
Indeed, they made such a noise, that the great ugly black snakes lifted up their heads, and stared at them with their wicked spiteful-looking eyes, and the little ducklings swimming among the water-lilies gathered round their mother, and a red-winged blackbird perched on a dead tree gave alarm to the rest of the flock by calling out, _Geck_, _geck_, _geck_, as loudly as he could. In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada
Her virtues notwithstanding, the Abyssinian is usually of a spiteful, revengeful disposition, and when she flies into a temper goes beyond the limits not only of moderation but of decency. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess
I want to think people are kind and generous and helpful, not spiteful, rude, presumptuous and threatening.
Besides, you will already know there is not a vindictive or a spiteful bone in a Lab's body.
It was cruel and spiteful and it ruined my life. The Sun
He despised Adamea for it and it had turned him to spiteful hate and deep bitterness.
She began banging things around as she cooked the fish, and in the process of being spiteful and noisy, splashed herself with hot grease.
The show dog world is renowned for spiteful gossip and an exemption for working dogs has caused a split between owners and breeders. Times, Sunday Times
Loeb, the newspaper publisher, gained a national reputation as a spiteful manipulator of politics.
You are beginning to discover that some people can be jealous and spiteful and envious.
Nobody likes Jenn, at least in my spiteful and confused little mind.
Their strategy was bold and assumptive, and gave little credence to the governor's spiteful nature. LaVar Young: NJ's Budget: A Political Game With Dire Consequences
The early exchanges were spiteful, nasty and never fully controlled by referee Lucilio Batista.
This takes Kerry several steps past merely being a sore loser, and into spiteful malevolence.
The attack on the British Embassy, which its ambassador described as "spiteful, mindless vandalism," has left many in limbo, both in Britain and Iran. Reuters: Top News
His spiteful eyes grinned at the white fluid malignly, as if whatever it emblemed of purity, of simplicity, exasperated him. The Proud Prince
Eclair's writing is spiteful and vindictive, her agenda unreconstructed and male.
She was either completely clueless or just plain spiteful.
Praise good work, regardless of who did it . If criticism is needed , criticize helpfully , spitefully.
We have small, spiteful, capricious weather. Times, Sunday Times
Best of all is his plot to assassinate the ex-wife's cat, the spiteful angora she left behind.
Janine chewed her lip, staring spitefully at her child.
She didn't know why, but for some reason she couldn't be spiteful or mean to this man anymore.
Stay on in this sham marriage and you'll probably become bitter and spiteful. The Sun
A voice that was nasty and spiteful, leaping at any chance to cause her pain.
Units, left to their own devices, react only to an 'aggro' radius put out by the enemy, and have no qualm against letting fellow soldiers get gunned down if they're resting spitefully outside of that radius. Gaming Nexus
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you pry for them that despitefully use you.
But his remarks about Israel are as spiteful as they are ignorant.
There is a mutual distrust and a spiteful disgust. The Sun
I have never seen him descend to such a depth of petulance and spitefulness that he reached last night.
And he has just ‘feminity’ enough in his constitution to find pleasure in spiteful personalities.
The hens, who had unaccountably bunched themselves in the far comer of the cage like the nervous virgins, lifted their beady spiteful faces and instantly came squawking and swooping towards her as if determined on a feathered hecatomb. She Closed Her Eyes
The word useful came out with a spiteful, bitter twist. Fly Away Home
Granted, she thought her sister did an awful, malicious, and spiteful job of it, but still!
There is a mutual distrust and a spiteful disgust. The Sun
The aristocratic families at the heart of the new scandals are not loyal and dutiful - they are vicious, greedy and spiteful.
I am sure that Melanie knows who her supporters are and will not think that I attack her when its obvious to any normal mind that I never do. you along with anthony and sarah just show what a load of childish right wing nutters you really are, twisting words and sentiments to your own ends. "spiteful" - what a ridiculous remark, maybe you should try a dictionary. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
A spiteful, vicious corner of my mind wants to yell so that they know how catty she is being.
Baudelaire, in his essay on laughter, refers to the humorless as “spiteful pundits of solemnity” and “charlatans of gravity.” The Best American Poetry 2010
But if you resent a baby's holding you by the throat and trying to gouge out your eye with a wooden ladle, you are called a spiteful beast, and "shoo'd" all round the garden. Novel Notes
In that case, of course, people are not spiteful in silence, but moan; but they are not candid moans, they are malignant moans, and the malignancy is the whole point. Notes from Underground
His epicene beauty and use of cosmetics to cover hypochondriacal pallor prompted Pope's spiteful brilliance of ‘Let Sporus tremble’.

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