This page shows Bullying in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like intimidation or aggression. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Bullying meaning
- An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
- Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
Synonyms of Bullying
Example sentences (20)
Donald Trump has provoked a bullying crisis in America that extends from elementary school all the way to Congress.
Both Doyin and Ceec needs to be punished too ….what they did to ilebaye is pure bullying, intimidation and very bad.
Carrig endured years of bullying growing up; these affirmations helped her remember her self-worth throughout it all.
He replaced Dominic Raab who resigned on Friday following a case of bullying staff during his time in government.
Cyberbullying is the online version of traditional bullying – a misuse of power to cause intentional and repeated harm.
By 1996, the NSW Parents and Citizens Association called for anti-bullying programs to be taught to students.
Alongside rising tensions between their governments, ethnic Koreans living in Japan face daily discrimination and bullying.
Another unnamed contributor said she had contemplated ending her life after her experiences of bullying and sexism at work.
Discuss bullying with another person and the most that can be expected is recognition of the problem or ignoring the issue.
Cheryl and her great friend Mary took on and overthrew a bullying management regime in an Essex college.
Eating disorders now, and a lot of that comes from social media as well as peers and bullying," he said.
At the graduation ceremony, Sanghavi also said that there is “no need to be afraid of cyber bullying”.
I called them out on their laziness, their bullying and (for the boys) their misogynistic treatment of any new female staff member.
At the age of seven, Bonolo started an anti-bullying campaign called after she was a victim of bullying at school.
Kuriko reminisces with her boyfriend over her time as a young girl, bullying a boy names Nao.
An independent report has now revealed claims of abuse and bullying, inappropriate restraints, suspensions and inadequate staffing levels.
Despite the hard work, and even the occasional online bullying, the female rangers say they are proud of, and committed to, their efforts.
Bullying, harassment and discrimination compensation payments issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have doubled over the past four years.
The open letter talks of “increased incidents of bullying and cyber-bullying” and “lower attainment levels”.
At that particular school I was one of three kids of color and just bigger, stronger, bullying kids were throwing me around a lot of the time.
Common combinations with bullying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of bullying 35×
- bullying and 32×
- and bullying 18×
- the bullying 11×
- bullying is 10×
- bullying in 7×
- to bullying 6×
- bullying of 6×
- for bullying 6×
- on bullying 5×
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About these examples
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