Sentence examples for Spiteful behavior from inspiring English sources

I was thumbing through Paul Hellweg's "Insomniac's Dictionary" when I stumbled upon the word resistentialism, which Hellweg defines as "seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects".

In this paper I argue that to an extent such seemingly spiteful behavior on the part of Americans (in contrast to their European peers) can be understood by the unique nature of American education and religious practices.

Thus this coexistence is a clear example of spiteful behavior.

This leads to tag based spiteful behavior [18].

These tamarins have been extensively studied for their high level of cooperative care, as well as altruistic and spiteful behaviors.

Steve Bannon's perverse goals of deconstructing government (combined with Donald Trump's spiteful, Neanderthal behavior) have resulted in appointing greedy and mostly incompetent people to head the governmental departments they deeply loathe.

This is the situation usually considered in models of the evolution of spiteful behaviour [ 24, 25].

Fed up with his parents' spiteful and childish behavior, he agrees to let them put whatever clothes they wish on his body.

"Due to their marginalized identities, women and femme men already feel unsafe on a daily basis, and Trump's policies, behavior and spiteful rhetoric may have already induced violence toward these groups.

The downside of these instincts, Dr. McCullough added, "is that they often promote behavior that turns out to be spiteful in the long run".

When your child acts out in a harmful and spiteful manner, tell him or her that such behavior is unacceptable and suggest alternatives.