Sentence examples for spite said from inspiring English sources

"Just out of spite," said a neighbour.

Judges are "being held up out of spite," said Mr. Reid on the floor of the Senate, concerning the 90 nominees the administration have made that are awaiting a vote on the Senate floor.

Ms Nicholl's supporters accuse critics of jealousy: "As with anyone who seems to be good at their job, she seems to attract envy and spite," says Kenneth Rose, the constitutional historian.

"I don't do anything out of spite," says Rothberg.

"I still want to switch out of spite," he said.

"Everybody is cutting their nose off to spite themselves," said Theodore S. Berger, the executive director of the New York Foundation for the Arts.

"You couldn't flat-out tell him anything, because he wouldn't do it out of spite," Cochrane said.

"People will probably not believe me when I say it, but I wouldn't root for my friends to lose, just out of spite," Kendall said.

Loyal customers will be loath to name their favorite bar, and others might name a bar that refused to serve them, out of spite, he said.

Unions criticised Kraft last night after it confirmed that it was closing Cadbury's plant in Keynsham, near Bristol, in spite of saying during the bid battle that it would keep it open.

Are these books just another example of the Cinderella fantasy -- rich man rescues poor girl -- being alive and well in spite of, say, feminism?