Example Sentences

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“It is something that you like, and something that will spite her,” said the audacious Nancy.

From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.

But I will spite them, I will let you out.'

From Wood Magic A Fable by Jefferies, Richard

Vain glosers, gather what you will; spite, spell backward what thou canst.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

If you spite it for my sake, I will spite it for yours, for I will never love that which my friend hates.

From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William

The gentlemen are their enemies, and therefore they will spite them.

From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony