Example Sentences

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Salon spoke to Taylor-O’Connor about the documentary, Ellie’s talents and bossiness, the Parrot Kindergarten school for animal communication and grief.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Your 2-year-old will not be happy about this, but learning they are not in charge of their parents is as important to their development and individuation as their attempts at bossiness are.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2021

Louderman, Henningsen, Park and Rockwell are themselves models of bedazzled teenage ostentation, insecurity, bossiness and need.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2017

Mr. Milland, who also directed the film, plays the paterfamilias with a dyspeptic bossiness appropriate to his dual capacity.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2016

“Now it’s time to get to work,” Guardian says, and I feel too much of the human emotion of excitement to even be annoyed at Guardian’s bossiness.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga