| 单词 | backbite |
| 例句 | Little chance there was of anything democratic being allowed by Cluny the Scourge, who lay on the bed with his eye closed, ignoring the whispered bickering and backbiting around him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “This surah is a harsh warning from Allah to those who do backbiting of their brothers. God tells us that nothing, not even all of a person’s wealth, will save them from his wrath.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Art school was getting to be a drag anyway, cutthroat and backbiting, with everyone seeking praise from the instructors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it meant “dog,” and I thought at the time they were backbiting him because he never socialized. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His nominal goal was to end backbiting about the bomb program from Roosevelt’s director of war mobilization, James F. Byrnes, a former senator and Supreme Court justice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And while Ophie knew that the cousins couldn’t truly hate her—she’d barely exchanged two words with them before they’d declared war—it didn’t make the constant backbiting or tiny pinches any more bearable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z TO avoid backbiting and lingering bad feelings, many relationship experts recommend the same sort of direct approach that one would employ in a romantic breakup. It?s Not Me, It?s You: How to End a Friendship 2012-01-28T11:00:06Z It probes some of the things she writes about best: fraught friendships, covert backbiting, stale marriages. Review: In Liane Moriarty’s ‘Truly Madly Guilty,’ a Very Unfortunate Barbecue Indeed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Stuff in politics, the backbiting, the in-fighting, it's just hugely entertaining. The Thick of It: 'it feels more like politicians copy us' 2012-08-21T23:05:01Z Within the backbiting hothouse of cabaret, the generation gap that performers like Linda Ronstadt breached three decades ago when she recorded popular standards and was savaged by the rock establishment as a traitor still roils. Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Working in fast, bold strokes, he creates a lightly cartoonish but recognizable world of bright surfaces, plastic smiles and gleeful backbiting. Review: Smother Mother Meets Femme Fatale in ‘A Simple Favor’ 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Producers said Thursday that the Oscar winner will play the role of Shelly Levene in a revival the marks the 30th anniversary of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the backbiting world of salesmen. Al Pacino coming back to Broadway this fall 2012-06-14T19:11:10Z But there is always a sense of glee when backbiting breaks out in the fashion world, a sense of relief that the industry’s superficiality has finally been confirmed. A former editor dished the dirt on Vogue – what did we learn? It’s just like any other magazine 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z As one of the first serious offerings from a still-nascent Canadian feature-film industry, it suffered from political backbiting in a country riven with internal fractiousness over language and culture. Richard Dreyfuss on Duddy Kravitz: 'I hated it. Then I realised I was nuts' 2013-05-30T16:50:34Z The revelation has raised eyebrows in Britain's cozy academic world, where public backbiting is frowned upon. Harsh Amazon reviewer unmasked as author's wife 2010-04-19T16:49:00Z Writers are weird, jealous, greedy, backbiting, warped from the undersea compression of competition in Manhattan. Mourning With the Help of a Great Dane 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The Bloomsberries could be at turns backbiting, encouraging, critical and adulatory; their “radical and subversive code of conduct,” coupled with a refined taste for the good life, shaped Keynes’s approach to economic questions. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Many of those who worked at the restaurant, Mr. Roston said, thought of themselves as family, and as in most, there was backbiting, squabbling and celebration. The Story of Windows on the World 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The backbiting — and the sub rosa efforts to thwart their own president — led to constant personnel turnover, a dreary parade of firings, resignations and defenestrations. A Sober Look at the ‘Cartoonishly Chaotic’ Trump White House 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z It includes backbiting and lawsuits, while also touching on Burton’s potentially career-killing miscalculations at the sport’s outset. Jake Burton alive and bristling in ‘Dear Rider’ documentary 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z A “future history play,” Mike Bartlett’s Olivier-winning drama mixes Shakespearean intrigue with tabloid-worthy backbiting in this work about royal jockeying for power after the queen kicks the bucket. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Reading their comments, the rest of the world – our potential audience, let's remember – would be excused in thinking us to be a bunch of backbiting, introspective whingers. Why Stewart Lee is wrong about the death of the Edinburgh fringe 2012-08-16T07:00:05Z After much grumbling and backbiting, they become a semi-happy extended family embarked on improbable romantic adventures. Review: ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Ups the Ante 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z A recently released trailer for the third season is a textbook example of the ironic mode, relishing the backbiting and insult-poetry of the Roy family, who are no less despicable for being delightful to watch. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Cole, who has played in Broadway shows and numerous orchestras, said her primary concern was that the producers would portray her New York peers as petty and backbiting. Musicians on How ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Conducts Itself 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Like her, he came from a well-to-do family, and “the golden couple,” as they were known in the cash-poor and backbiting art world of the time, spent several leisurely months honeymooning in Spain and France. Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter, Dies at 83 2011-12-27T15:27:38Z Despite the insight that comes with maturity and a decade of working the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, she can still obsess over criticism and the backbiting gossip endemic in professional kitchens. After Culinary and Literary Acclaim, She’s Moving to the Woods 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Who would the show find to equal the wealthy, colorful, surgically enhanced, backbiting, table-flipping heroines of those other cities? CAPITAL CULTURE: Move over Kate, Michaele's here! 2010-06-22T06:16:00Z He was passionate about progressive politics but hated the backbiting and bureaucracy and burned out quickly. Writer Joe McGinniss Jr. follows in his famous father’s footsteps, with a novel twist 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldston and the committee knew they had a thriller on their hands — conspiracy, backbiting, violence, even dark comedy — and they let it play like one onscreen. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Instead of the backbiting and one-upmanship in so many high-school movies, the students here are offer mutual support. Review: In ‘Miss Stevens,’ a Chaperone Greets Temptation 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z They also may have recognized a few personality Easter eggs insinuated in images such as the backbiting bird on the card listing Aubrey Plaza's credit, corresponding to the mood of her prickly vacationer Harper. Salon's picks for the best TV title sequences of 2022 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z What has transpired since is made-for-TV drama: accusations of stolen money, Twitter feuds and televised backbiting from Ms. Girardi’s reality co-stars. The Real Trials of a ‘Real Housewife’ 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Compared with Salem's punitive, backbiting Puritans, the real-life pagans and Wiccans who populate Alex Mar's entertaining "Witches of America" are a cheerful bunch, even if they indulge in the occasional blood offering. Stacy Schiff's history of Salem trials and Alex Mar's book on modern pagans offer bewitching reading 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z A crossfire of backbiting and betrayal soon follow, made worse after an accident alters Woodrow's personality. 'Bellflower': Promising drama undone by mayhem, pretension 2011-09-01T19:16:05Z It’s hard to tell since squabbling and backbiting are the sole pleasure, and chief torment, of the afterlife. Never mind that all of the characters are dead, ‘The Dirty Dust’ is full of life 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The screenplay does a reasonably good job of capturing the group dynamic of these backbiting astronauts, whose frayed nerves are exacerbated by a shared sense of futility. Movie Review: ‘The Last Days on Mars’ Was Adapted From ‘The Animators’ 2013-12-05T23:07:49Z In this devastatingly accurate monologue, Miriam mixes real and fictional characters to evoke a hothouse climate of backbiting narcissists fighting for crumbs of respect. Charles Busch Claws at His Divas, but He Understands Them 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Characters backbite, bellyache, reluctantly pitch in and commit mundane acts of heroism in a largely believable manner, and there’s blessedly little inspirational speechmaking. ‘War of the Worlds’ Review: Dystopia à la Française 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Hindered by a president who seemed to care about political messaging above public health, the team became defined by backbiting and distrust. ‘Now we are trying to figure out how to live with it’: Inside Biden’s push to crush covid 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z After Seattle’s music goes viral and commercial, the young roomies descend into jealous backbiting and feuding — irritatingly resurrected when the group holds an awkward reunion 20 years later. ‘These Streets’: guts and glory, but little story 2013-02-27T22:58:32Z But they can also be self-interested, greedy, callous, backbiting, and insulated in a bubble of privilege. Earning It: Office Darwinism on Mad Men and The Good Wife 2013-04-22T14:31:05Z Given the college writing workshop’s general portrayal on film as a hilariously inept den of backbiting and pretention, it’s a wonder anyone ever applies at all. “Girls” goes to Iowa, humiliation ensues: Why pop culture hates MFA programs 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z His seeming eagerness to accept any TV punditry spot has inspired some backbiting around town. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z My sisters are constantly backbiting and nasty to each other. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be like you 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The revival marks the 30th anniversary of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the backbiting world of salesmen. John C McGinley of 'Scrubs' fame comes to Broadway 2012-08-06T21:46:04Z Producers said Wednesday that the show, which marks the 30th anniversary of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the backbiting world of salesmen, has recouped its $3.3 million investment. Al Pacino wins as 'Glengarry Glen Ross' recoups 2012-12-19T18:31:05Z Women had organized protests against enclosures with the help of other women, but conversations among them were now so stigmatized that “gossip” came to mean frivolous chatter or backbiting. How Social Turmoil Has Increased Witch Hunts throughout History 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z It is too much to blame a single individual, as despicable as Carlson may be, for leading a whole country into a slough of anger, backbiting, recrimination and mistrust. Column: Finally, accountability for Tucker Carlson. But it's only a start 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z You will notice that most of the Republicans backbiting DeSantis have been doing so in highly personal terms. The unequal treatment of Trump v. DeSantis: Who gets the advantage? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Revelations from pretrial discovery had been excruciating for the cable network, exposing a backbiting internal culture that featured employees who regularly doubted the content that aired nightly for millions of viewers. Fox was resigned to a tough trial. Then, a secret mediator stepped in. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of pages of internal communications and other records made public after the discovery process have made headlines by exposing private turmoil and backbiting within the company. The Dominion vs. Fox defamation case is finally going to trial 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls. HBO’s ‘Succession’ sets viewer mark for fourth-season start 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z It reveals the leading cable network as a den of vicious infighting and backbiting, especially between the celebrity prime-time hosts and the ostensibly objective news division. Dominion’s suit reveals a cynical, complicit Fox 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The previous releases indicated that there was plenty of backbiting at Fox — particularly with big names objecting to fact-checking that they viewed as going too far and alienating viewers. Analysis | 4 takeaways from the new Dominion-Fox lawsuit documents 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z But House Republicans also misinterpreted late movement in polling as forecasting a wave that never materialized, and Senate Republicans were waylaid by backbiting and disagreements at the highest ranks. How the 2022 Midterms Became a Squeaker 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z The unbreakable bond that had been built between the squad - those brothers in arms - through the years gradually morphed into a strained, backbiting series of relationships. Maradona - cunning cheat or unplayable genius? 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The mental health of prominent women has faced particularly egregious public backbiting and scrutiny. Amber Heard and Britney Spears Highlight the Stigma of Women’s Mental Illness 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The Spix’s project may have high-minded goals, but its history is replete with jealousies and backbiting. Two decades after it vanished, the stunning Spix’s macaw returns to its forest home 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Scandal is no stranger to “The Real Housewives,” Bravo’s hit reality franchise about the conspicuous consumption and constant backbiting of affluent women from New York to Salt Lake. The Erika Jayne/Tom Girardi saga upended 'Real Housewives.' Here's where things stand 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z This Oscar campaign season was just the absolute worst — its vicious backbiting has not been equaled. How the Oscars have, and haven't, changed since Halle and Denzel's historic victories 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Iowa’s fate, however, may have been decided in 2020 when its caucuses ended in chaos and eventually backbiting between the state and national party committees. Analysis | Democrats take aim at Iowa as they seek to change their nominating system 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z This is vividly apparent in the petty person of Washington Spirit owner Steve Baldwin, who treated a championship team as a backbiting crony clique and apparently thinks a “fiduciary” is a birdbath. Perspective | The NWSL’s toxic dispute between a man who failed and the woman who should replace him 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z It also ensures that the backbiting between team owners stays in house. He Helped St. Louis Land the Rams. He Squeezed the N.F.L. When They Left. 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z After months of backbiting and bargaining among Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are confronting the same stubborn problem. With Dems’ prized bill at stake, a numbers game looms ahead 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Of course — gossip, backbiting, one-sided friendships are the unfortunate stuff of human existence. Opinion | What ‘Bad Art Friend’ and the Facebook whistleblower say about our ‘connected’ lives 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The surprising thing, given this gut-wrenching reversal for an administration that had been riding high, is the relative lack of internal backbiting. Opinion | Biden needs to turn the page from a painful August 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The move paved the way for Republicans to establish a quorum, and set off a round of finger-pointing and backbiting among Democrats in the state. Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z There is little dispute, however, that Buttigieg has been a quick study in the ways of Washington, where successfully navigating the complex ecosystem of egos, feuds and backbiting can be tricky even for seasoned operatives. ‘Outsider’ Buttigieg plays a skillful inside game, positioning himself for the future 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Keeping notoriously individualistic writers engaged in a collective enterprise was no easy feat — and there would be plenty of backbiting and office politics in the FWP. Review | When unemployed writers set out to chronicle America 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z For all the backbiting and turmoil, the episode has also exposed a party unmoored from its traditional policy prerogatives even as Republicans hope to retake control of the House in 2022. Republicans Oust a Defiant Cheney, Confirming Trump’s Grasp on the Party 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z While the backbiting and knife fighting have riveted Britain’s political class, some analysts question whether it resonates much beyond the hothouse precincts of Westminster. For U.K.’s Johnson, Plenty of Mud but Will It Stick? 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z However, Rogin’s compelling blow-by-blow account of the backbiting within the Trump administration would have been strengthened by a more complete analysis of the bilateral relationship prior to Trump. Review | China’s aggression and the Trump administration’s shortsightedness 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Just eight weeks after the Capitol riot, some of the most prominent groups that participated are fracturing amid a torrent of backbiting and finger-pointing. Far-Right Groups Are Splintering in Wake of the Capitol Riot 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z After that Thurston pivoted from raucous to responsible, calling out the show’s most bullying and backbiting contestants. Renton’s Katie Thurston eliminated from ‘The Bachelor’ amid rumors she may be next ‘Bachelorette’ 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Realistically, the West Wing is intense, sometimes even backbiting and competitive, but this is where crucial policies are made. The Biden administration: Who will hold the power? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Travers’s complaint, as he outlined it, portrays an intelligence community foundering under mismanagement and political backbiting. Opinion | The sad, scary case of the National Counterterrorism Center 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The resulting backbiting risks inflaming divisions within the party that complicated the 2016 campaign — but that Biden has worked to coalesce since locking down the nomination in the spring. Biden’s delay in choosing a running mate intensifies jockeying between potential picks 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The resulting backbiting risks inflaming divisions within the party that complicated the 2016 campaign – but that Biden has worked to coalesce since locking down the nomination in the spring. Biden’s delay in announcing running mate intensifies jockeying between potential picks 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Given the gargantuan challenges of coping with the coronavirus, it seems like the squabbling, backbiting and yes, lack of trust, isn’t what the country needs right now. Fading trust and pointless feuds damage America’s war on the virus 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Passing the test: The absence of reliable testing methods was a major hurdle in South Dakota’s response to the pandemic, leading to backbiting between state and federal authorities. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z For nearly three-and-a-half years, there have been plentiful stories about a White House rife with backbiting and internal power struggles. White House in fresh bid to stop Bolton book 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Bolton describes in depth the feuding and backbiting among Trump’s cadre of advisers, as well as referring dismissively to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner’s efforts to get involved in domestic and foreign policy issues. Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The West Wing these past few weeks has felt like the early days — brimming with chaos, beset by backbiting, and now populated by return characters. Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration’s troubled coronavirus response 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z More telling, as Ashley Parker, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Lena H. Sun showed in their dissection of the administration’s flailing response, was the backbiting, finger-pointing and overall lack of urgency that ensued. Opinion | Trump is endangering lives with his contempt for truth 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z With both struggling to capitalize on their strong showings in New Hampshire, I don’t think the condescending backbiting helped either one. Bloomberg’s awful debate performance boosts front-runner Bernie 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z With a bluntness rarely expressed in public, the interviews lay bare pent-up complaints, frustrations and confessions, along with second-guessing and backbiting. U.S. officials misled public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “This is a chance for people around the country to see Washington as something other than a dysfunctional, backbiting city.” Joy in Mudville: How the Nats won D.C.’s heart — and what that tells America about Washington 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Party leaders' efforts to keep the men from fighting each other have failed, raising concerns the backbiting could wound both GOP contenders and help Edwards. Trump travels to Louisiana, holds second campaign rally in two nights 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Party leaders’ efforts to keep the men from fighting each other have failed, raising concerns the backbiting could wound both GOP contenders and help Edwards. Trump rallying Louisiana voters without favored candidate 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Team building exercises meant to foster cooperation, loyalty and critical thinking are often just an irritating waste of time that causes resentment, backbiting and gossip. Review: ‘The Escape Room’ looks at the dark side of ambition 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The partisan backbiting and rivers of bile turn a lot of people completely off. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “They have also warned about a working environment inside the White House marked by chaos, dysfunction and backbiting.” House investigates 'White House plan' to share nuclear technology with Saudis 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z And whistleblowers described the White House working environment as "marked by chaos, dysfunction and backbiting". New probe of White House Saudi nuclear plan 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z They have also warned about a working environment inside the White House marked by chaos, dysfunction, and backbiting. Democrats investigate 'White House plan' to share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia – live 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z She obsessed over backbiting and jealousy within her social circle. A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z The backbiting was not altogether unexpected — this is Albany, after all. Guess Who’s Accusing Cuomo of Dishonesty and Betrayal? 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The ceaseless West Wing backbiting that captures headlines has belied the reality of working there, which is that aides form tight cliques and burrow into those friendships to endure the chaos of the work environment. John Kelly, Trump’s Chief of Staff, to Leave White House 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “The Favourite” is a caustic swirl of a chamber epic, a bawdy, backbiting historical riff on “All About Eve” carried along on gusts of palace intrigue, lofty vitriol and illicit desire. Review: Wickedly entertaining 'The Favourite' forms a perfect triangle in Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Politico, like the other outlets, deals with possible personnel moves, zeroing in on "bottled-up hostility" and "a fresh round of backbiting" among the staff. White House leaks portray Trump as angry and lashing out 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s a lot of hope to demand of a community immersed in the darkness of this crisis, with little to be encouraged by in the political feuds and obscure backbiting of the clergy. Opinion | The Catholic Church is embroiled in a hell of its own making 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Politicking among candidates seeking to align themselves with the most powerful internal allies led to backbiting and undermined co-workers’ trust in each other, Ms. Zavo says. When Winner-Take-All Battles Backfire at Work 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Similar to non-physical domestic abuse, it is defined by sustained hostile behaviour, such as ridiculing, threatening, backbiting and blaming. Research is set up for bullies to thrive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Every insider account of today’s White House, no matter how self-interested or backbiting, agrees on this point. Opinion | The wasteland where Trump learns 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In Washington, the snarling and backbiting began Thursday as soon as the White House announced the July 16 summit in Finland’s capital, Helsinki. Trump ‘looking forward’ to Putin summit in Finland 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He is a petty so-called business man who likes backbiting, gossip, rivalry and the veneer of success. Trump Signs Spending Bill, Reversing Veto Threat and Avoiding Government Shutdown 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It's time we stop backbiting and show a little more love! Chirlane McCray, New York’s First Lady, Steps Out of the Mayor’s Shadow 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It also breeds a certain kind of cliquishness and backbiting. Inside the Hollywood Home of Social Media’s Stars. (Don’t Be Shy.) 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Tillerson declined to directly address the name-calling detail, calling it “petty” and an example of Washington backbiting that is foreign to him. ‘Death spiral’: Tillerson makes nice but may not last long with Trump 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The hardest challenge in following this chaotic White House is separating actual policy from the “House of Cards” backbiting that surrounds the president. Opinion | Want a clue to Trump’s policy? Look at his schedule. 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Republicans have banked on at least one comforting constant during Mr. Trump’s tenure: However unpredictable, disengaged, backbiting or belligerent he has been to them, he has been unwilling to ditch them for the Democrats. In Deal With Democrats, Trump Makes a Sudden Turn 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Getting the staff under control reduces the chance of backbiting, leaks and general friction. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z News of backbiting and an organization torn apart seemed to leak each Sunday morning to national news outlets. After Redskins chaos and a Super Bowl collapse, Kyle Shanahan is ready to fix the 49ers 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It capped a turbulent six months in the job for the former RNC chair, who had never been fully empowered by a president who undercut him and seemed to encourage a culture of backbiting. What the White House Staffing Changes Mean 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z McMaster has been the subject of internal backbiting for months. Why President Trump Keeps Criticizing His Own Staff 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The dramatic denouement was an appropriate metaphor for a Trump White House that has been defined by backbiting and infighting. The ‘Spicey’ show comes to an end: Sean Spicer quits as White House press secretary 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The prime minister is pleading for an end to the ferocious “backbiting and carping” in the Conservative Party, and she lectured her cabinet this week on the importance of keeping internal discussions confidential. As ‘Brexit’ Clock Ticks, U.K. Seems Adrift 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z At the drinks reception, Mrs May told the party "no backbiting, no carping". Theresa May tells Conservatives to end 'backbiting' - BBC News 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z And each day brings new revelations of internal backbiting and squabbles over strategy within the Front. Le Pen Loses Luster, Signaling Far Right’s Retreat in France, and Maybe Beyond 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z There’s so much bickering and backbiting at the Capitol in Austin that it’s a relief to find a cause where Republicans and Democrats are on the same side. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z And when the lights are turned off, the backbiting continues. Chaos in the West Wing: Donald Trump’s management style is a terrible fit for the White House 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z So the jockeying, backbiting and carping might continue for some time. As ‘Brexit’ Clock Ticks, U.K. Seems Adrift 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The reward for Democrats was multiple blackmail episodes — where Republicans threatened to default on the national debt or shut down the government — unparalleled obstructionism and vicious backbiting. Democrats find their collective spine: Now it’s time to push back against years of GOP obstructionism 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z There are the Twitter-borne insults, the constant staff leaks and backbiting and the exhausting whirlwind of controversy and chaos. What About the Trump Presidency Surprises a Reporter Who Has Covered Him From the Start? 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z If there’s one thing Washington’s establishment can do fairly well, it’s trade backbiting for black tie — if only for one night. A political truce is called at the 104th annual Alfalfa Club dinner 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z A campaign chairman’s private emails and Democratic National Committee chatter, i.e., campaign gossip, backbiting, indiscretions and cynicism. Opinion | Obama’s self-revealing final act 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But this conversation ultimately needs to involve your boss, the backbiting colleague and H.R. Calling Out a Trash-Talking Executive Without Seeming Petty 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z “Two sources close to the situation described an atmosphere of sniping and backbiting as Trump loyalists position themselves for key jobs,” the network reported. Donald Trump transition team in disarray after key adviser 'purged' 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Ryan, facing backbiting for never fully supporting Mr. Trump’s run, got a free pass. GOP leadership intact, in holding pattern after Donald Trump win: ‘Victory heals all wounds’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Still, the documents exposed a predictable, if ugly, trail of personal slights and backbiting that could leave Mrs. Clinton’s staff even more distrustful. If Hillary Clinton Moves to Oval Office, Aides’ Baggage May Be Heavy 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z A aide’s insulting jokes about Catholics, internal backbiting and strategic disagreements are hardly going to derail the campaign, but paint a picture of a campaign not nearly as well-oiled as polls suggest. Inside Donald Trump's Latest Meltdown 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Capping a week of backbiting between Donald Trump and Republican leaders, the GOP presidential nominee on Friday sought to end a high-stakes impasse by delivering a formal endorsement of U.S. Trump endorses Ryan in House race, McCain and Ayotte in Senate contests 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z He also said media reports of backbiting and chaos within his campaign are plain wrong. Trump Won't Let Go of Old Battles 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z LONDON—The U.K.’s Conservative Party made Home Secretary Theresa May prime-minister-to-be Monday, ending three weeks of leadership turmoil and political backbiting that began when Britons voted last month to leave the European Union. Theresa May to Become U.K. Prime Minister 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z The Anchorage Legislative Information Office has been the subject of extensive lawsuits and backbiting. Alaska editorials 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Beyond the contentious backbiting of the presidential contest, the nation's major political parties are undergoing a dramatic and potentially long-lasting cultural shift. Strong Sanders and Trump runs reflect and inspire upheaval in Democratic and Republican parties 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z But what was really startling was the poem Fry quoted in his blog about the way Twitter has declined into a fetid swamp of backbiting and abuse. Welcome to Berlin’s film festival, and a not so special relationship in Deutsche Brooklyn | Peter Bradshaw 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Now the recent blow-up over climate research on the House science committee is the latest firefight on a panel that’s more partisan and backbiting than ever, members and former staff say. Global warming sparks partisan firestorm on once-sleepy House committee 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The differences are present within police departments too, places of unparalleled rumormongering, backbiting and intrigue over promotions, discipline and yes, weighty policy matters. Why law enforcement can’t take the lead on ending mass incarceration 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Not to mention some backbiting from Verizon, who thought the quality of the skywriting wasn't all that good: T-Mobile's latest troll: skywriting over Verizon headquarters 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The next steps are now with Francis, who after three weeks of assembly meetings, backbiting and intrigue now has a clearer picture of the forces arrayed for and against change. Amid Splits, Catholic Bishops Crack Open Door on Divorce 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The further he gets from Washington, the more his rookie-of-the-year work with Griffin looks like a marvel, especially given the backbiting environment. Kyle Shanahan hits his stride guiding the Atlanta Falcons offense 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But I wasn’t prepared for the racial backbiting and infighting that I encountered in my research. What Dr. Dre and the Koch Brothers Have In Common 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Episodes are full of clawing and backbiting and Hollywood egotism and godawful musical performances by real-life bands that exist as nothing other than flabby filler. The Muppets: TV reboot's cynical approach may leave you heartbroken 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Cameron in 2005, when he became leader of the Conservative Party, said he was “fed up” with the backbiting and finger-pointing of Westminster politics and vowed to change it. In Commons Debut, U.K. Opposition Leader Calls for a Less Rowdy Parliament 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps because members of the Church rarely criticize the Pope publicly, personal differences often take the form of backbiting, corridor gossip, and behind-the-scenes intrigue. Can Pope Francis Really Change the Church? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The controversial culmination in favor of the Vulcan Society, the association of black firefighters, was 10 years in the making and capped decades of legal backbiting and wrangling. This is how you attack institutionalized discrimination: The FDNY’s long road to racial diversity 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z But more than a year after it was announced, the ambitious concept, called “La Jeune Rue,” or Young Street, appears to be foundering amid backbiting and accusations of mismanagement among its main partners. La Jeune Rue Project, and Its Founder, Slide Toward Failure in Paris 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z For Trollope, the human hum of gossip and backbiting in Barsetshire is not simply a silliness to be mocked. Why Trollope Is Trending 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Fist fights are rare but toe-to-toe yelling matches, stonewalling, passive resistance and backbiting are all too common in the workplace. Difficult Co-worker? One Quick Way To Turn The Relationship Around 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Perhaps at this point it’s worth remembering that backbiting helped doom Clinton’s 2008 campaign. Last Call: Getting a Jump on 2016, Clinton and Bush Deal With PACaches 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Like people in any other industry — but probably to an extent that’s greater than most, for obvious reasons — a thick amalgam of backbiting and gossip is part of what binds journalists together. Tom Friedman’s double standard: Why his call for a million Muslim march is so grotesque 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Johnson said one of the things she learned from her family was to ignore people’s backbiting, which led her to write her tongue-in-cheek book about social climbing. From the Likes of the Roosevelts and the Haneses, Family Lessons Gleaned 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Gossip and backbiting are all too common in corporate America’s electronic communications, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to correct that. The Most Important Lessons You Can Learn From the Sony Hack 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z That prompted a flurry of anonymous reports describing sinking morale and backbiting at the show, even an intercession by Matt Lauer when he heard of proposed changes. ‘Today’ looks to rebound from tough week 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “We’re not caught up in the backbiting of Washington,” Mr. Brown said. Brown Makes Winning Look Easy in California, a Rare Bright Spot for Democrats 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z While Democrats descended into finger-pointing and backbiting in its final days, Republicans were united. With Joni Ernst win, a star is born in Iowa 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z He said that people were using Twitter to "promote lies, backbite and gossip and to slander Islam". Saudis jailed for judiciary tweets 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z He said users were using Twitter to "promote lies, backbite and gossip and to slander Islam". Twitter 'source of all evil' says Saudi Arabia cleric 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z But it was the parochial political backbiting of Kimberley Town Council and the later e-mail that upset and angered her. Councillor sorry for Eva Braun email 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Such extensive reorganization tends — at least in the short term — to trigger turf wars and backbiting that lower morale and clog the system. Europe needs a research leader who will lead 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has dealt with similar backbiting for years – most recently when a rival in the Republican primary called him "ambiguously gay" – despite hilariously-worded denials. Brian Schweitzer's 'gay-dar' did pick up on something about Southern men 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Trachtenberg said Berliner has been part of a council culture of finger-pointing and backbiting that has hampered its effectiveness. Democrats try to stand out from crowd in Montgomery County Council primaries Even less pleasant, perhaps, will be the job of trying to get something done at the G-20 summit amid all the backbiting. Putin Will Give Obama a Cold Welcome in Russia 2013-09-05T11:05:23Z Even less pleasant, perhaps, will be the job of trying to get something done at the G20 summit amid all the backbiting. Putin: John Kerry Lies 2013-09-05T00:35:25Z They all said that they feared his retribution, name calling and other backbiting. DealBook: Headhunter for the Rich Turns on Them 2013-06-18T01:23:49Z "This was the first case where there was a lot of sniping going on between managers," he said, referring to the recent backbiting over the Herbalife trade. Hedge fund manager Ackman says mistakes made in JCPenney turnaround 2013-04-05T16:04:38Z Amid mutual backbiting and damaging, mutual accusations of corruption between the president and his critics, the back-story revolves around the fight for the presidential office. Analysis: Power struggle, not nuclear deal, priority for Iranian elite 2013-02-21T15:35:28Z Here’s reality: Your leaders can’t deliver an upbeat message within a culture of backbiting and fear. The Question That Will Define Your Company in 2013 2013-01-25T12:54:33Z All it took was half a year of sniping and backbiting. Hockey harmed by battle of egos that kept players off the ice 2013-01-15T13:59:03Z All it took was half a year of sniping and backbiting to get this done. NHL, facing a game misconduct, rescues itself with a late save 2013-01-08T00:42:57Z Gossiping and backbiting were often tools used in the process to ensure their outcome of being crowned the “winner”. "Don't Hate Me Because I am Beautiful." 2012-12-31T07:40:09Z The competition for the opportunity to join the Senate without facing the voters — and gain an advantage for the next election — often inspires backbiting and chilly discord among the hopefuls. Trey Gowdy and Tim Scott, Senate Aspirants and Friendliest of Rivals 2012-12-14T03:48:18Z On Wednesday’s conference call, their ranks slightly reduced by the election, House Republican leaders presented a united front, a departure from the backbiting of earlier showdowns, the leaders’ aides admit. Boehner Tells House G.O.P. to Fall in Line 2012-11-11T03:38:56Z For all their risk-taking and backbiting behind closed doors, when scientists come together to speak as a group they “naturally, instinctively, make a concerted effort not to be alarmist,” as Mr. Brooks puts it. Books on Science: ‘Free Radicals’ - Book Review - Rebels Who Set Science Aglow 2012-05-21T19:36:31Z "Do you come to church only to cavil and backbite?--to put the worst construction on what you cannot understand?" The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Or we have listened willingly and without reproof to “words that may do hurt,” words of foolish jesting or idle gossip, of mischief and backbiting. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Delightful, hospitable Dublin is also a provincial town, given to gossip and backbiting. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z No more hard trial in de kingdom; no more tribulation, no more parting, no more quarreling, backbiting in de kingdom, No more sunshine fer to bu’n you; no more rain fer to wet you. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z Contentions, envyings, spite, murmurings, backbiting, slander, we command you, with godly admonition, to avoid, and do ye flee therefrom as from the plague. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z And with so many students chanting for compassion for all living things, the urge to backbite recedes. Stretch: Yoga Sleuth Visits New York Studios Undercover 2011-12-03T06:17:47Z Doherty had been bitterly jealous of him, yet had striven finely to suppress his chagrin, and never stooped to backbiting or tale-bearing under its stress. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z There are two ways of violating other people’s honor: backbiting and slander. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Their life is one round of lying and gossiping, of scolding and backbiting. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And now, O brother of mine, may I ask what motive you had in originating such a gratuitously mischievous and infernally backbiting story?” Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z "Your worthless imaginations, backbiting, and faultfinding enable the Nakhazeen to spread a noose for you." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Their inner workings have also been absent of the backbiting and staff infighting that often occurs between the offices of the two leaders. Two Top Republican Lawmakers Form Unusual Bond 2011-07-01T14:23:46Z Backbiting consists in saying evil of others, either deservedly or undeservedly; but when undeservedly, and especially when one knows it to be so, backbiting becomes slander. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Of reciprocal accommodation they have no idea: backbiting and hidden spitefulness maintain a constant jealousy among them. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z "So you do not ask me to go a backbiting with Sir Benjamin, and the rest, there's little you can offer me, promising excitement, that you will not find me ready for." Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z He had said on a previous occasion, "We ought rather to facilitate than obstruct backbiting, to a moderate extent, in a married woman, as some slight compensation for lost flatteries." Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Mrs. Portal talked scandal herself and enjoyed it, but she didn't backbite, which is the difference between good and ill nature. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Nevertheless, backbiting becomes an injustice through the abuse that is made of it. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Of course backbiting and slander ran their course, as without them the world could not get on, and millions of persons would perish of boredom, like flies. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z The contestants are already established chefs playing for charity money, so there are no stakes for anyone, and little in the way of backbiting: essentially, it's what you might see at a high-end charity auction. Why Is 'Top Chef Masters' So Depressing? 2011-04-13T09:15:00Z There is but a very small proportion of the tattling, backbiting and criticisms on character, usually found in neighborhoods of as many families. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Is there no such thing as backbiting or slandering? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z You think I know nothing of the world and its ways, of the tale-bearing and the story-telling that goes on, women backbiting each other, men grasping even at shadows for a sensation. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z To laugh with one, to backbite with another, and to flirt with all of them.... Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z “The Women,” a 1936 satire about the stealing and retrieving of husbands, presents a collection of vain, shallow, gossiping, materialistic, backbiting examples of the fairer sex. In Canada, Shaw Plays Well With Others 2010-08-19T08:20:00Z The case also revealed that LeMond taped some people and included frequent backbiting. Cycling probe can't avoid biggest name ? Armstrong 2010-08-09T22:33:00Z Though the gesture may be largely symbolic, the bout of backbiting rankled some movement members. Racism Rift Highlights Dilemma: Who Speaks for the Tea Party? 2010-07-22T08:55:00Z Even uglier than in 2008, minus some of the backbiting, though, who knows? Russell Branyan says latest back injury not comparable to the one he had last season 2010-07-20T06:47:00Z The show is no-frills -- bare stage, basic lighting -- but the backbiting story holds the stage, once the actors let it happen. Capital Fringe Festival reviews 2010-07-16T04:00:00Z In the hours after the May 6 market swoon, backbiting initially broke out among the exchanges. SEC says no single cause of market plunge 2010-05-12T00:24:00Z And while she is unwilling to discuss her story publicly, several associates shared her account in the belief that her side has been lost in the swirl of hearings, backbiting and paparazzi-like coverage. Obama Social Secretary Ran Into Sharp Elbows 2010-03-12T03:20:00Z Again, it's worth bearing in mind that all the backbiting got started -- and got this bad -- before the polls closed. 2010-01-19T23:01:00Z I confess that I have never had such an experience of backbiting as here, at the Hague; in Brussels, at any rate, no one ever doubted the legitimacy of my child. Small Souls Is it possible, then, for backbiting to glide into religious communities? Fraternal Charity Sometimes at least men thus stand shoulder to shoulder, heads bared, and forget envy, backbiting, little jealousies, forget cynicism and ridicule. The Broken Gate A Novel This flattered the worthy Don Leandro immensely, though he affected not to listen to him, for he detested backbiting, and was greatly afraid of hell, though not so much of purgatory. Maximina To do so is to engage my daughter to sorrow, and hope deferred, and miserable backbiting! Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Legs have I got, but seldom walk, I backbite all, yet never talk. The Handbook of Conundrums It is true that Pygmalion was an artist, and these are proverbially difficult husbands: after an hour's work an artist will "sneer, backbite and speak daggers." The Intelligence of Woman Lady L. You're a fool, child; observe this, that though a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, backbite, be proud, vain, malicious, any thing, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim. The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee There was faithlessness beneath Valenciennes lace and velvet as well as beneath brown stuff and check; and a spirit of backbiting, that we ragged folk knew nothing of, seemed a current pastime in better circles. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas They backbite, they slander me before the king my lord, saying: Abdi-hiba has fallen away from the king his lord. The Christian View of the Old Testament They might whisper and backbite—they might point with unctuous hypocrisy at the terrible results of a marriage made solely to please herself, but none of them dared to speak before her face. Francezka Directly opposite the Canongate Tolbooth is a very antiquated dwelling, with three gables to the street, which converses with the passer-by on envy and backbiting. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. You mean, I suppose, you would not swear away any man's life falsely before a magistrate, but do you take equal care not to slander or backbite him? The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Because he thrashed a butcher-boy, or was indignant at backbiting and meanness, we are not to credit him with an unmingled fund of that toughness which distinguishes the English middle class. Life of John Keats The rag and bone man's fingers tingled when he heard all this backbiting—why couldn't he and his be allowed to go in peace. Ditte: Girl Alive! These miserable habits of tale-bearing and meddling, of backbiting and whispering, are the source of the greater part of the quarrellings, alienations, jealousies, and divisions in families. Talkers With Illustrations He fancied that maldicenza, gossip further spiced with backbiting, would form the chief baggage of his wit. Aurora the Magnificent She was a shrewish woman, full of gossip and backbiting, and she let no opportunity pass; so that even old Charley cherished a certain resentment, though he disguised it as solicitude for the Huffs. Shadow Mountain The practice of letters is miserably harassing to the mind; and after an hour or two’s work, all the more human portion of the author is extinct; he will bully, backbite, and speak daggers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Ah, I'm afraid you mean she doesn't backbite. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 We shrink from it to-day, only because it takes the form of clandestine scandal and backbiting. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle It was a merry war, all right, while it lasted--scheming and squabbling and backbiting and tattling and corrupting servants to carry tales--all that sort of thing. Nobody Always quarreling and backbiting and jumping each other’s claims–but–what do you think of the Paymaster?” Shadow Mountain Maybe it’s your religion to backbite yore neighbors and say what you wouldn’t dare to say to their face with a gun on you so we’d be equal. Rim o' the World The extent to which these ladies carry their backbiting and slandering, and the abnormal growth which their jealousy of one another attains, fill the masculine mind with amazement. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The petty gossip and backbiting, so common in a small town, produce the very faults they seem to condemn. The Practice of Autosuggestion To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Now, mark you, if Paul will not tolerate banter and suggestive conversation among Christians, what would he say of the shameful backbiting which is heard whenever people meet, though but two individuals? Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost In the trenches soldiers are true comrades, backbiting, lying and slandering is left to the slackers and "tin soldiers" who stay at home. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Even as thou art scandalizing others, thine own nature is being abased, whilst those whom thou dost backbite remain the same. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story What the newspaper seems to be principally valued for, just now, is for doing individual gossiping, scolding and backbiting on a large scale, and in a way that relieves the individual from responsibility. Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 Whereupon Basil explains his own queer trade, and that the lady is voluntarily undergoing a sentence for backbiting. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study They were prominent members of the leading school for backbiting in England, and in ten minutes they had talked more scandal than the Highland lass had heard before in a lifetime. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 It is entitled "Salander," and has for its subject the backbiting dragon sometimes called by similar name. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Look also that thou hearest nothing that may stir thee to sin, as unclean words, backbiting, false judgments, great oaths, controversy, striving and other such vices. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises Bellincioni's suspicious and quarrelsome nature is revealed in his letters to his patron, in which he is always complaining of the envious detractors whose wicked tongues are employed in backbiting him day and night. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 They would have to face gossip, perhaps backbiting, perhaps even abuse—that was the reason she had to be brave. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Even if fighting isn't strictly legal, backbiting unfortunately is. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Stop all blaming and backbiting, and prevent complaints. Early English Meals and Manners She looked like some poor, loving creature, who scarcely understood, but who had suddenly been troubled and stirred to the depth of her soul by all this backbiting. Renée Mauperin The little settlement was a hot-bed of gossip, backbiting, and slander. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America “As the north wind drives away rain,” so that entertainment would drive away a “backbiting tongue,” Prov. xxv. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Drinking, and stealing, and lying, and backbiting, and naughty love-making,—but especially backbiting—backbiting—backbiting,—those are the things that the Bible says are wicked. Miss Mackenzie Avoid backbiting and flattering; refrain from malice, and bragging. Early English Meals and Manners It was not out of spite, nor was it for the pleasure of slandering and backbiting, nor yet because she was envious. Renée Mauperin From these though descended our manners are mended, Though still we can grin and backbite! The Book of Humorous Verse Nothing indeed could be more dull than the life spent by the courtiers, their sole employment appearing to be backbiting each other. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea She was not given to backbiting—though, when stirred by any motive near to her own belongings, she would say an ill-natured word or two. Orley Farm INTRODUCTION.—I have spoken to you on former occasions pretty strongly upon the evil of backbiting, slandering, and casting of blame without sufficient cause. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year Cheating, backbiting, superciliousness, disdain, hard-heartedness, and all that brood, I know but by report. The Confidence-Man “For backbiting me, sir,” said the Colonel shortly. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer It begins to look to me," said he, "as if this young fellow had been most damnably backbitten. Under Fire He hated any species of backbiting, and he had heard of Burleigh as an adept in the art, and a man to be feared. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. But not to quarrel; not to haggle, and backbite and scold! Rimrock Jones Whatever the backbiting and division among themselves, in her ladyship's service they would sacrifice life itself. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 As Brandes wittily observes: "People who talk like that do not torture their enemy to death; they backbite him." Essays on Scandinavian Literature But I cannot bear that a slanderous backbiting tongue should make you think that I have seen no service. Can You Forgive Her? The satirists believed that tea had a contrary effect upon the acid humors of the mind, making the tea-table the arena for the display of the feminine capacity for backbiting and scandal. The Little Tea Book For backbiting is divisive, it is the leading cause among the friends of a disposition to withdraw. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá To an American friend He writes:— The worst human quality and the most great sin is backbiting, more especially when it emanates from the tongues of the believers of God. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era In playing with the children, in dreaming aloud, in talking seriously, sometimes in a little discussion or backbiting, in laughing, and exchanging those nothings which charm, we know not why, the hours glide away. The Friendships of Women Therefore it does not belong to the essence of backbiting that it should be done by secret words. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province This sheet was made the organ of all the bickering, backbiting, complaining and sulking in the army and the civil life of the new Republic. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis The women hated her, backbit and would not make friends, because of the fatal instantaneous power she wielded to spin men's blood and pitch their souls derelict on that impassioned current. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story I wouldn't give myself any concern about it," said Thorn, lightly, enjoying the child's confusion and his own fanciful style of backbiting; "I'd let him go if he has a mind to, Miss Fleda. Queechy, Volume I If I had been irritated I should have contributed to the petty backbiting by the mischievous uninformed which makes bad blood between peoples. My Second Year of the War If, therefore, a person's good name is blackened by backbiting, this cannot be done by secret words, but by words uttered openly. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Even in this last moment, however, of public recognition, he was not allowed to receive it without a snarl from one of the crowd of the many slanderers who found it safer to backbite him. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish To send Mark away now was to advertise backbiting until it might become a real scandal. Great Possessions It is a kind of moral sense, which recoils from detraction and backbiting. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Mrs. Patten understood that if she turned out ill-crushed cheeses, a just retribution awaited her; though, I fear, she made no particular application of the sermon on backbiting. Scenes of Clerical Life Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is not a mortal sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province But courteous gentlemen, that favor most, backbite none, and pardon what is overslipped, let such come and welcome; I'll into the steward's room, and fetch them a can of our best beverage. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy S: O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side The Scriptures condemn backbiting and evil speaking in the most pointed terms. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister Thank you, my dear Mr. Westwood, for your kind defence of me against the stupid, blind, cur-dog backbiting of the American writer. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Now backbiting by its very nature aims at blackening a man's good name. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province What a subject for the tongues that were ever wagging, and complimenting, and backbiting, and lying, all in a breath, and without sense or scruple! Melchior's Dream and Other Tales She said she had given you her whole mind straight to your face and would do no backbiting. The Measure of a Man "The north wind driveth away rain; so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue." A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister A parcel of old women who delight in having some one to run down and backbite. The Claverings Wherefore, properly speaking, to backbite is to speak ill of an absent person in order to blacken his good name. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Abstention from harm, Brahmacharyya, truth, simplicity, freedom from wrath, freedom from decrying others, self-restraint, and habitual freedom from backbiting: these eight vows, with senses restrained, he should steadily pursue. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Always the suffrages, you observe, and never the miserable, slandering, backbiting dodges of the treasonists. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Moan, Sister Maxwell, for the backbiting you did today. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel I have no friend at Rome; I have laboured in England, to be misrepresented, backbitten and scorned. Outspoken Essays This is not backbiting strictly and formally speaking, but only materially and accidentally as it were. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province A. The Eighth Commandment forbids all rash judgments, backbiting, slanders, and lies. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine What are rash judgment, backbiting, slander and detraction? Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 Let us pitch ill-nature into the sea—as the boys say—and henceforth backbite no more. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Her mother wheeled on her, struck afresh in her dearest possession, namely: her pride in the prestige of the name of Heth in an envious and backbiting world. V. V.'s Eyes Objection 1: It would seem that cursing is a graver sin than backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province You would not like your neighbor to backbite you, and you have no right to do to him what you would not wish him to do to you. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Speaking evil of one another behind their backs; backbiting or publishing their real or supposed evils, before they have been spoken to in secret. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London The only thing in which all parties agreed was to backbite the manager, and cabal against his regulations. Tales of a Traveller Observe, too, how much sins of the tongue are mentioned,-, lying, backbiting and the love of swallowing men's reputations whole. Four Psalms XXIII. XXXVI. LII. CXXI. Interpreted for practical use Therefore a man does not sin if he does not withstand those who backbite others. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province More often, this refined and innocent ideal degenerates into a poor trickle of an existence, enlivened only by scrappy magazine reading, servants' gossip, empty chatter about clothes, neighbours and children, backbiting, envying and malice. Kimono With consummate skill and unparalleled eloquence and impudence, Reynard addressed the king, lauding himself as a faithful servant, and commiserating the fact that so many envious and backbiting people were ready to accuse him. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art Nancy!" he says, putting one hand under my chin, and stroking my hair with the other—"am I going to have a backbiting wife? Nancy There's a generation of families would be great with you, and behind you they would be backbiting you. New Irish Comedies Now such are sins; and if they be imputed to a person publicly, it is a case of reviling, if privately, it amounts to backbiting or tale-bearing. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province If he is not at peace he will be at war, quarrelling, grudging, envying, backbiting—you and yours. Sermons for the Times But take the case of a sour, backbiting, malicious, wrong-headed, lying old woman, who gives her life to saying disagreeable things and making mischief between friends. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 They are generated by greed, envy, jealousy, covetousness, backbiting, amorous longings and other impure thoughts. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Fall not into one name with that unclean spirit, nor act his nature whom thou so much abhorrest, that is, to accuse, calumniate, backbite, whisper, detract, or sinistrously interpret others. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend But to speak of another disparagingly belongs to backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way. Heart of Darkness The practice of letters is miserably harassing to the mind; and after an hour or two's work, all the more human portion of the author is extinct; he will bully, backbite, and speak daggers. Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers He was a poor Irish Earl, very simple and unoffending, but he brought war into that town, heart-burnings, envy, and backbiting. Worldly Ways and Byways It was high time quarreling and backbiting were stopped. The Story of a Pioneer Now blasphemy is a graver sin than backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Sir 28:15 A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Use his men well, Davy; for they are arrant knaves and will backbite. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare I have beheld more deliberate malice, more lying and cheating, more backbiting and slandering, denser stupidity, and greater self-sufficiency, among bad-hearted and wrong-headed religionists, than among any other order of human beings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 The duty of the Ninth Commandment is to love the truth, not to backbite and slander, to speak well of all men; the contrary is lying, backbiting, and to speak evil of another. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Therefore cursing is a graver sin than backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Sir 28:14 A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha No worse than they are backbitten, sir; for they have marvellous foul linen. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare I overheard the aide-de-camp say; "he is a backbiting sneak, and I tell you again he's backbitten nobody more than he has you!" The Cavalier "As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Flaxman, I'm fighting for the Church and her Creeds—I'm not out for backbiting!" The Case of Richard Meynell Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is a graver sin than tale-bearing. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Do not malign or backbite your absent friend. Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters What have you got against him?—I do hate backbiting! Weighed and Wanting "I think, Faith Ring, that thou hast gotten to be much given to backbiting, and evil saying against friends, since the visit of the gallants from over sea." The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish I wouldn't give myself any concern about it!" said Thorn lightly, enjoying the child's confusion and his own fanciful style of backbiting,—"I'd let him go if he has a mind to, Miss Fleda. Queechy Again, a man's good name whereof backbiting deprives him, is most necessary to him that he may be fitted for friendship. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province We have known others to join with their servants to backbite the best and noblest friends for trifling derelictions against the accustomed order of the house. Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. She would appease his few stubborn foes of the French aristocracy, and put a stop to the last surviving backbiting of the Faubourg Saint Germain. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise What! that little sneaking, backbiting, toad-eating wretch, who is always hanging about my lord at Greenway Court, and spunging on every gentleman in the country? The Virginians This system takes the place of backbiting in ordinary society, and is regarded as one of the greatest means of improvement and fellowship. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Therefore not every blackening of a good name is backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The name backbiting, given to detraction, points to the absence of the person spoken of. Moral Philosophy And I never will, not if I starve for it—nasty, canting, crawling, backbiting things! The History of David Grieve The flimsy veil of etiquette does not conceal the pointed sneer, the malicious innuendo, the malignant backbiting, and the unfounded slander. The Englishwoman in America Besides, the way people gossip and backbite is the very devil! Three Comedies Now backbiting causes a most grievous defect, viz. blindness of mind. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It was only such as had reason to dread the secret communication between closet and housetop that feared her tongue; if she spoke loud, she never spoke false, or backbit in the dark. Malcolm There is no parallel to the prying, tattling, backbiting littleness of the place elsewhere in the world. Venetian Life At this particular village they were exceptionally given to backbiting, perhaps because everybody was more than usually related to everybody; they hated each other and vilified each other with pre-eminent energy. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies One can't be very frivolous when there is no one to be frivolous with; nor can one backbite and be unkind, for there is no provocation. Olivia in India Therefore backbiting is not graver than the other sins committed against one's neighbor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He was the hero of London society, which adored and backbit him alternately, and he was precisely the man whom the boy Brummell would worship. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 He expects no appointment or other appreciable gain through Tulpian's favour; he has no doubleness towards Felicia; there is no sneering or backbiting obverse to his ecstatic admiration. Impressions of Theophrastus Such For, “as the north wind driveth away rain, so,” the wise man telleth us, “doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.” Sermons on Evil-Speaking Certainly it is not so bad as slander and backbiting. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) Therefore the sin of backbiting is graver than the sin of tale-bearing. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province He bore witness to the fact that there was more harmony in the western army than in the eastern, saying, "There is less jealousy and backbiting and a greater disposition to assist each other." Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 They kept up their warfare of backbiting and of raising petty ructions at the office when I was not there, until I hit upon the plan of putting Pat in charge. The Making of an American No; I’m not censorious, and I wouldn’t backbite an angel; but the way in which that young woman walks the sands at all hours - there! there! Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures Yea, rather than thou wilt go without it, thou wilt dissemble, lie, backbite thy neighbour, and an hundred other tricks thou wilt have. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Therefore backbiting, properly speaking, is a mortal sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The army of the Queen Regent was indeed in an almost wrecked condition, and among the field officers jealousy and backbiting, which had smouldered through the war-time, broke out openly. In Kedar's Tents They were much given to gluttony and drinking; and there was an unthinkable amount of scandal and backbiting and jealousy. Samuel the Seeker By backbiting, or by poison, base pander!" said Julian; "these are thy means of vengeance. Peveril of the Peak She was not querulous, nor malevolent; She loved not the fierce wrangling of women; She was not a backbiting serpent, or a liar; She sold not the Son of God for that which passes away. Roman and the Teuton And if such defamatory words be uttered for the sake of some necessary good, and with attention to the due circumstances, it is not a sin and cannot be called backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Here's an unthankful spiteful wretch! the good gentleman vouchsafed to make him his companion, because my husband put him into a few rags, and now see how the unrude rascal backbites him! Every Man out of His Humour Their editors were refined men of cultivated tastes, whose pet temptations were backbiting, mean slander, and the snobbish worship of anything clothed in wealth and the outward appearances of conventional respectability. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many; strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men. Human Nature and Other Sermons It is not well for one servant to backbite another. Ramona From this it seems to follow that backbiting is by so much a graver sin than murder, as it is a graver matter to kill the soul than to kill the body. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Now, out upon thee, Judas! canst thou not be content to backbite thy friend, but thou must betray him! Every Man out of His Humour As to manners, I think that to repeat a bit of scandal, and circulate backbiting stories, are worse offences than the actions that gave rise to them. Fraternity "Ah!" said he, "these fellows are prettily punished for their rascally backbiting of me!" The Paris Sketch Book All the saints of the royal household were praying for each other and backbiting each other from morning, to night. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Therefore backbiting is a graver sin than reviling; and so the same conclusion follows as before. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province In dislike of backbiting indeed she and her husband cordially agreed; but they showed their dislike in different and in very characteristic ways. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Ah! my brother, hast thou never seen a virtue backbite and stab itself? Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none And now comes my wife's illness, our poverty, this eternal backbiting, gossiping, chattering, that foolish Borkin—My home has become unendurable to me, and to live there is worse than torture. Ivanoff She would admit none of the notorious errors, of the world; its backbiting, selfishness, coarseness, intrusiveness, infectiousness. The Egoist Therefore backbiting is the most grievous sin committed against one's neighbor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province "The dinner hour summons us; I think that, little by little, we have allowed this conversation to drift toward the miry slough of backbiting." The Lesser Bourgeoisie Use his men well, Davy; for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite. King Henry IV, Part 2 He could not backbite, nor envy, nor prevaricate, nor jump at mean motives for generous acts. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens Very little open quarrelling ever took place amongst them; but backbiting and talebearing were universal. The Professor Wherefore this is not simple backbiting but blasphemy. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Objection 1: It would seem that tale-bearing is not a distinct sin from backbiting. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is the gravest of all sins committed against one's neighbor. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Therefore backbiting is absolutely the gravest of all. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province But not all backbiting or reviling is a mortal sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Accordingly we must say that if a man listens to backbiting without resisting it, he seems to consent to the backbiter, so that he becomes a participator in his sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province |
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