His punishments of Caliban are petty and vindictive, as he calls upon his spirits to pinch Caliban when he curses.
We're going to keep our relationship quiet for now. My wife can be rather vindictive at times.
However, bullies are extremely vindictive and will do everything in their power to destroy anyone who can see through their mask of deceit.
The vindictive little girl tore up her sister's papers.
In the late Sixties, American scientists had discovered that focusing bitter, vindictive and negative thoughts on mould inhibited its growth.
Sir, I interrupted him, you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady: you speak of her with hate -- with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel -- she cannot help being mad.
I'm a suspect because I'm a petty, vindictive jerk?
She's human now and definitely not leaving the show. In fact, expect the same vindictive girl as ever.
the anguished rage of a mother at what has been done to her daughter, the vindictive envy of the old wife passed over for the new, a child's bewildered pain and fear.
In the darkness the machine gun spat a vindictive white light like an acetylene torch.
Ellison called the suit 'vindictive.'
When the count went in to her, she turned uneasily at the sound of his manly tread, and her face resumed its previous cold and even vindictive expression.
The face of each child, as the amount of his contribution was mentioned, darkened in a peculiarly vindictive manner.
It is not true suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
For Mr Polanski's fans, the extradition decision is vindictive and sinister.
Better yet, owners felt that despite the restricted feeding, the cats did not turn vindictive.
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