Schoolyard tyrant

Usage examples of bully.

I thought the least he could do was crack another bottle of claret, seeing as he was getting eternal life dirt cheap and I was obtaining only half the profit from this bizarre transaction but he was temporarily blind and deaf to the world, barkening only to the invisible angels shouting in his ears, so I rapped loudly with the book upon the table and that brought one of his bullies in, at the double -- out of a door of a secret kind concealed in the panelling.

Lester Barnstorm represents every sleazeball producer who ever lied to, cheated, bullied, or abused a writer.

You may just happen to have a boss who is a natural bully and enjoys the Blamer role.

Sitting at a small table, with a white cloth, among the half-dozen American soldiers who, having long finished their lunch, were playing cards and dominoes, they ordered bread-soup, an omelette, white wine, brille cheese and their own ration of bully beef which they had brought in tins to be fried with onions.

The only difference between them was that Sir Richard was apparently content to continue to pay his gardener to insult and bully him, and Brough was not content with anything.

If he had been bullied and browbeaten, here, at least, was one upon whom he, in his turn, might taste the joys of bullying and browbeating.

Somehow or other, through guile or flattery or bullying, Whiss would get what he wanted.

Every one spoke of his crusty temper and bullying disposition, invariably qualifying the statement with a commendation of his resources and capabilities.

That Maxil is shepherded, disgraced, shamed, humiliated by a bullying byblow, while Fernan is feted and cozened?

Owen began to feel like he was bullying a puppy, but ruthlessly suppressed the thought.

I think you all were horrid to let him get away with bullying us for so long.

The rest went back to the big room, to while away the time in talk, meaningless games of chance, and bullying those who were easily intimidated.

I had learned quite early that the only way to deal with his bullying and bossiness was to fight back, and I fought back with a vengeance.

New York, there to live as his wife, partly bullied, partly pampered, in the accustomed Burrage manner?

Patricia McColm, the dentist, the class-action extortionists, and other bullies might have to compensate those of us they sued.