Explore Bully through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like browbeat or swell. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bully meaning
- A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
- A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- A hired thug.
Synonyms of Bully
Using Bully
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. | A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome. | A hired thug.
- Useful related words include: browbeat, swell, slap-up, peachy.
- In the example corpus, bully often appears in combinations such as: xl bully, to bully, the bully.
Context around Bully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bully
- In this selection, "bully" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, american, cannot, seeing, ray, dog and type stand out and add context to how "bully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a narcissistic bully as she and an xl bully dog abandon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bully" sits close to words such as abducted, absentee and conscience, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An XL bully is the largest type of American bully dog. (11 words)
However, Colt Cabana finally got tired of seeing Bully Ray bully Cheeseburger and Sinclair. (14 words)
Recap of Bully Ray’s retirement: Quick video package of Bully Ray’s retirement. (14 words)
The grisly attack comes as XL Bully dogs are set to be banned from February 1. Owner William had allegedly rescued the dog ahead of the ban in England, though a Scottish ban on unregistered XL Bully dogs is now set to come into effect. (45 words)
A spokesman for Bully Watch UK said: “Our research shows American Bully-type dogs have been responsible for 44% of all reported attacks by dogs since the start of the year, with the Bully XL in particular being involved in 22% of all attacks. (44 words)
But what is true for fooling people is also true for bullying: You can bully most of the people some of the time and some people all of the time, but you cannot bully all of the people all of the time. (42 words)
AEW Rampage tonight will feature four matches, two promos, and an hour of absolute torture designed to bully The Chadster! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
A spokesman for Bully Watch UK said: “Our research shows American Bully-type dogs have been responsible for 44% of all reported attacks by dogs since the start of the year, with the Bully XL in particular being involved in 22% of all attacks.
So Mr. Biden called the bully and told him that in seven days he was definitely going to push back but that he, the bully, would not be injured, and that he hoped the bully would get the message.
Bully Ray is shocked as PCO throws Moose and Myers out of the ring and Bully gets out of the ring and PCO hits a Suicide Dive and clears Moose and Myers.
Urging XL bully owners to take action, Chief Inspector Col Rooney from Merseyside Police said: "We understand there will be some worried dog owners ahead of the new laws, especially those with XL bully type dogs in Merseyside.
We can teach them to stand up to a bully, stand with their friends, and teach the bully through positive peer pressure that what they are doing is wrong.
An XL bully is the largest type of American bully dog.
Heron shared his personal experience of being mentored by Bully, noting that his first two plays, “Ecstasy” and “Intermission,” were developed under Bully’s guidance.
It is also an offence to sell an XL Bully dog, abandon an XL Bully dog or give away or breed them.
The grisly attack comes as XL Bully dogs are set to be banned from February 1. Owner William had allegedly rescued the dog ahead of the ban in England, though a Scottish ban on unregistered XL Bully dogs is now set to come into effect.
These people get triggered and say I shouldn’t insult people’s looks or bully people then turn right around to insult my looks and bully me.
But what is true for fooling people is also true for bullying: You can bully most of the people some of the time and some people all of the time, but you cannot bully all of the people all of the time.
However, Colt Cabana finally got tired of seeing Bully Ray bully Cheeseburger and Sinclair.
I also believe that kids who bully, cyber bully or any other form of bullying after one warning should have their asses kicked out of school.
Recap of Bully Ray’s retirement: Quick video package of Bully Ray’s retirement.
A businesswoman has been ordered to pay a TV anti-bullying campaigner £60,000 after losing a libel battle for calling her 'a bully and a fraud' on Facebook.
A chihuahua sustained fatal injuries when it was attacked by an XL bully shortly before Christmas in Skellow.
AEW Rampage tonight will feature four matches, two promos, and an hour of absolute torture designed to bully The Chadster!
After coming forward with her own claims, director Sophia Nahli Allison has branded a 'narcissistic bully' as she doubled down on the singer's 'toxic' behaviour.
After devoting much of the past eight years to antibullying campaigns — something that grew out of her wildly popular which now has 27 million views — she is now coming after our biggest bully, often our worst enemy, the one who is relentless.
After reading that driving big SUVs turn you into a bully of the road, took one out for a test drive.
Common combinations with bully
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- xl bully 53×
- to bully 22×
- the bully 21×
- bully and 14×
- bully ray 13×
- bully dogs 13×
- bully dog 10×
- and bully 9×
- bully owners 6×
- bully would 4×