How to Use bully in a Sentence
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Rodin plays one of the bullies.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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But there’s a new bully on the block.
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Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Biff the bully sings — and quite well.
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Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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That was a very—that was a very big, big, strong bully.
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Time Staff,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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God could be a bit of a bully too sometimes.
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Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The bullies threatened to take their ball and go home.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Just the biggest bully in the league.
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Like bully sticks, rawhide chews are high in protein and low in fat.
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Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
23 Oct. 2022
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This friend was a bully in school and seems not to have grown out of that persona.
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Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2024
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Iran lies, cheats, blusters and bullies.
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Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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In a clear battle between right and wrong, the bully may lose.
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Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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But the eighth-grade bully can have a problem with a sixth grader.
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Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Trump should avoid bully tactics.
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Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
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No one likes a bully, Ronny said.
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Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Root was always the new kid, not knowing who the jock was, or who was the bully.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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The bully of the Middle East is dead.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
10 June 2026
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As with the modern bully, your best bet is to avoid them and keep record of your own actions.
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Rachel Shin,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2023
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So, who’s the bully and who’s getting bullied?
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace.
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Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Mar. 2026
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Your gift giver appears not to have a problem with the bully.
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Jacobina Martin,
Washington Post,
8 Feb. 2023
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.
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Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Trump comes off as a childish bully who needs anger management.
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George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2023
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A lot of them played into that mean-girl, bully narrative.
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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Fox noted that, like in the film, bully culture remains alive and well.
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Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The bully now becomes life, kicking your ass every day.
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Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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And Boozer was the biggest bully to date.
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Noah White,
Miami Herald,
3 Dec. 2025
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Check-in bullies are the most demanding hotel guests.
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Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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But some bully on top of the club wasn’t happy with such truth-telling, and the man has been disciplined.
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Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
9 Aug. 2023
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But instead, the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away.
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William Earl,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the bully slices add an extra layer of flavor and protein that your dog will love.
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Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
28 June 2023
- He bullied his younger brothers.
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But you don’t get bullied off the show.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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But you don’t get bullied off the show.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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To be a kid, though, was to be bullied.
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Chang-Rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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They were bullied, pushed around, beat on the boards.
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Joseph Duarte,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Jan. 2026
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We just got bullied to the basket.
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CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Is the young person bullied by cousins?
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Dr. Ellen S. Rome,
Boston Herald,
21 Dec. 2025
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That defense straight up bullied him.
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Prince J. Grimes,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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We will not be bullied by Ye, his team or anyone else.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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People just want to bully and get the likes and say the rage bait comment.
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Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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But they also get bullied on the other end.
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Tony Jones,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Their daughter was bullied by fake nude images at school.
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Will Richmond,
The Providence Journal,
8 Apr. 2026
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Their daughter was bullied by fake nude images at school.
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Bethany Bruner,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hendrix played one of the women who used to bully the quirky best friends in school.
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Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Help build your child up to be the person who stands up for those who are being bullied.
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Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Others are quick to be pushy, even bullying.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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Ricky is the target of bullying and gets hit hard with a baseball.
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Common Sense Media,
Washington Post,
1 Sep. 2023
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So, who’s the bully and who’s getting bullied?
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Getting bullied as a little kid and my mom dragging me off to karate school.
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Frank Digiacomo,
Billboard,
15 Aug. 2025
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James was able to bully favorable matchups.
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Dan Woike,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Amar, who is nine years old, has been hit and bullied at school; once, a classmate strangled him.
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Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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The gymnast has opened up in the past about how she was bullied for having muscles.
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Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 Aug. 2023
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The team that is able to bully the other likely decides this.
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Jordan Mendoza,
USA Today,
4 Jan. 2026
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Lincoln grew up in Harlem, where he was bullied for his albinism.
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Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
21 Aug. 2025
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He also gets bullied, targeted by a group that beats him bloody.
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Common Sense Media,
Washington Post,
28 July 2023
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But Dorothy doesn’t feel at home and is being bullied by her classmates.
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Maya Phillips,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2024
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Just a few weeks ago another mom shared that her child was bullied for her clothes on the first day of school.
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Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
25 Aug. 2025
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There’s always a mean kid in your class who bullies everybody else.
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Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rabbits can transmit diseases to guinea pigs and may bully them.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Justin is being bullied at school, but doesn’t want to burden his father.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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