Example Sentences

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Biden acted so gracious, and I appreciated the total lack of meanspiritedness.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2021

Actually, when I heard about it, it made me sad because I just said, “Do we need any more meanspiritedness in this world right now?”

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2019

Those three little words are the catchphrase with which losers are dispatched at the end of each episode, a hilariously on-target comment on the meanspiritedness the genre thrives on.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2012

Mrs. Clinton: When she was six, Bill and I talked about how we could prepare her for the meanspiritedness and slings and arrows that come with political life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only once did I veer perilously close to meanspiritedness.

From Time Magazine Archive