spiting
- present participle of spite.
Example Sentences
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In Free, she depicts it as a bored child, picking her up and putting her down, chewing her up and spiting her out "a hundred times a day".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2022
And spitting is still socially acceptable - be it chewing tobacco, sportsmen spiting on camera or Bollywood portrayals of men spitting while fighting each other.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2021
When James rejects the idea, Rhythm kidnaps Dom, spiting him away into a virtual “Serververse.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
So do you not watch, to enlarge the collective spiting of him?
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
He couldn’t get his way this time—not after threatening their fives and sending them to make Achelous miserable for the sake of spiting Hera.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
