Sentence examples for vindictive by from inspiring English sources

With fingers crunched by rheumatism, Bríd Ní Neachtain's Mary switches from the banal to the protective to the vindictive by the sentence.

It might be especially difficult to find referees for authors who hold positions of power and influence, or for those who are considered quarrelsome or vindictive by their peers.

The bill has been called "ideological and provocative" by the Lib Dem former business secretary Vince Cable, "vindictive" by Green MP Caroline Lucas, and has been compared to something from Franco's Spain by Conservative MP David Davis.

The long-running feud between Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey entered a new phase yesterday, as the mayor said the agency was being vindictive by ending a contract with the firm that he had chosen to monitor the authority's management of New York airports.

Too often do you find hearts hardened and broken by betrayal and heartache; good, kind, loving people turned sour and vindictive by the inconsiderate and thoughtless actions of another.

In other words, old news is now being regurgitated with a vindictive spin by--among others--a front group for Philip Morris, Outback Steakhouse, KFC, cattle ranchers, and other animal exploiters that kill millions of animals every year--and which do so not out of compassion but out of greed.

Twice betrayed, he takes on a language that is not his own: he is defined not by himself but by his vindictive ensign, Iago; by his rival Roderigo; and by Brabantio, Desdemona's father, who cannot bear the idea of "an old black ram... tupping" his "white ewe".

In selling this as a transfer from London to Scotland, Jim Murphy has been attacked by London mayor Boris Johnson for being "fiscally vindictive", and by Labour MP Dianne Abbott for being "unscrupulous".

It is a vindictive assault by the protesters on grieving family members at their weakest moment.

There has been considerable opinion to the effect that such an effort, even if practicable, might provoke even more vindictive action by the Germans.

A spokesman for the Boathouse issued a statement attributed to the restaurant's lawyer, David Weissman, that called the Boathouse walkout "yet another vindictive tactic" by the president of the Hotel Trades Council, Peter Ward.