How to use spite in a sentence

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• The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance.From the entry futuristic
• He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.From the entry clumsiness
• The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice.From the entry libelous
• Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.From the entry self-defeating
• In spite of his youngish appearance, he had much experience.From the entry youngish
• I laughed in spite of myself as the crying child told me how he had accidentally sat on a cactus.From the entry in spite of oneself
• She's diggin on him in spite of herself.From the entry dig on
• Most military radios have some antijamming capability so they can be used in spite of the enemy's efforts to render them inoperative.From the entry antijamming
• She is elegant on sky-high heels in spite of the rubble and the cracks in the paving.2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 20. From the entry sky-high
• However, the octanoylated ghrelin concentration in the plasma was unchanged in spite of the increased C8:0 availability.2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”…. From the entry octanoylated
• Deb actually felt sorry for her then, in spite of everything.2015, Amanda Lohrey, The Best Australian Stories 2015. From the entry tiger balm
• He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire.2014 July 5, “Freedom fighter”, in The Economist, volume 412, number 8894, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023. From the entry free
• He could choose anything indifferent to, or even in spite of, its aesthetic merits.2014, Eva Diaz, The Experimenters: Chance and Design at Black Mountain College. From the entry nominative
• Stroopwafels, in spite of their name, are not waffles as North Americans know them.2014, Timothy G. Roufs, Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Santa Barbara, Calif.…. From the entry stroopwafel
• And lots of guys were prepared to pay, in spite of the aggro.2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, page 25. From the entry aggro
• The problem thus has a definite answer, in spite of its imprecise nature.2010, Göran Grimvall, “Chapter 1: Numbers”, in Quantify! A Crash Course in Smart Thinking, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN. From the entry sandpile
• In spite of the general features discussed above, the Filippovka stags remain enigmatic.2006, The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Perspectives on the Steppe Nomads of the Ancient World, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry deerness
• I liked the old lady in spite of her boasting about going to Buck House.2003, Beryl Fletcher, The House at Karamu, page 273. From the entry Buck House
• So in spite of Thumper's continuing discomfort we enjoyed a fairly merry Christmas.2002 June 25, Charles W. Dryden, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry hawk
• In spite of this hindrance, some women riders turned in very respectable performances.1999, David Levinson, Karen Christensen, Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present. From the entry ride
• But religious people are, even in spite of what they professly believe, optimists as a rule.1978, Mahinda Palihawadana, “A Buddhist Response: Religion Beyond Ideology and Power”, in Donald G. Dawe, John B[raisted] Carman, editors…. From the entry professly
• The larger tree lupin plants are growing in spite of snow damage.1966, Report of the Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, New Zealand Forest Service, page 76. From the entry tree lupin
• In spite of her seeming languor Betula had a great addiction to tennis.1961, Eric Bligh, Faintly Smiling Mouth, London: Secker & Warburg, page 63. From the entry unbored
• In spite of their efforts to avoid it, members of the "Wood Family" were constantly in evidence.1958, Reginald Taylor, Circus Triumphant, page 177. From the entry Wood family
• In spite of the seconal he was eaten up by his nerves.1953, Raymond Chandler, chapter 29, in The Long Goodbye, New York: Ballantine, published 1971. From the entry Seconal
• But in spite of the affection she felt for her charming mother-in-law, Arnon had extended no confidences.1948, Lloyd C. Douglas, chapter 2, in The Big Fisherman, Toronto: Thomas Allen, page 30. From the entry guard one's tongue
• This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29. From the entry catholic
• The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]…. From the entry badly off
• Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 16. From the entry nipless
• Swinburne is often a very discerning critic in spite of his penchant for purple prose.1932, Harry T. Baker, “Hazlitt as a Shakespearean Critic”, in PMLA, volume 47, number 1, page 198. From the entry purple prose
• If, in spite of care, one of the dogs should die, Dogdoctor Smith has a cemetery handy.1930 September 29, “Modern Doggery”, in Time, volume 16, number 13, →ISSN, page 52. From the entry dogdoctor
• Jews, in spite of centuries of circumcision, are born foreskinned like the men of other races.1927, Clement Wood, The Outline of Man's Knowledge: The Story of History, Science, Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy, Lewis Copeland…. From the entry foreskinned
• In spite of defending indecency, Jacob doubted whether he liked it in the raw.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 6, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC…. From the entry in the raw
• In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable.1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind. From the entry instinct
• In spite of the importance of this route it remained until a few years ago very insecure.1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China. From the entry servitude
• But in spite of its locavorous detail, the novel's plot is driven by a universal truth: that food brings people together.2015 August 1, Tim Walker, “J Ryan Stradal: Novelist and part-time pepper farmer tells of life on the Prairie”, in The Independent. From the entry locavorous

Meaning of spite

1. noun Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.
2. noun Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
3. verb To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

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Questions about spite in a sentence

How do you use spite in a sentence?

Spite is used as a noun, verb and preposition. For example: “He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, his brother was afraid of what he might do.”

What is a short sentence with spite?

“They did it just for spite.”

What does spite mean?

Spite means ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.