Spiteful has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man. I think my liver is diseased. | |
| 2. | Mary is very spiteful and gives Tom the cold shoulder for days after the slightest disagreement between them. | |
| 3. | There, my little doll, take it. Eat a little, drink a little, and listen to my grief. I live in my father's house, but my spiteful stepmother wishes to drive me out of the white world. Tell me! How shall I act, and what shall I do? | |
| 4. | "Then he, at length his show of fear laid by, / 'Great King, all truly will I own, whate'er / the issue, nor my Argive race deny. / This first; if fortune, spiteful and unfair, / hath made poor Sinon wretched, fortune ne'er / shall make me false or faithless.'" | |
| 5. | "What a hungry man!" exclaimed Mary with a spiteful smile, closing the door of her apartment behind Tom. |