Example Sentences

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Food inside the refrigerator was spoiling and there were few restaurants and stores open in the area.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

Rather than engage with workers during the toughest economic conditions in decades, O'Grady said the government was "spoiling for a fight".

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2022

"I had this idea of this 70-year-old woman who was spoiling for a fight, but I think she carried those things because she was scared."

From BBC • May 27, 2022

“Twenty-four hours a day she was spoiling him,” says Batool’s father, Mohammed Atallah al-Masri.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021

So by the time Tom came home, I was spoiling for a fight.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins