The criticism here, like much of the political backbiting, is way out of line. From Wordnik.com. [Mourning « BuzzMachine] Reference
Another form of art world backbiting is simply to never offer praise for or speak about a particular artist. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists] Reference
We've had a minimum so far of kind of backbiting and factionalism and all that you hear about. From Wordnik.com. [Interview Of The President By Dan Rather] Reference
Steele says he's tired of "backbiting" and "nitpicking" within the party following heated. From Wordnik.com. [World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Steele said he was tired of "backbiting" and "nitpicking" within the party following heated. From Wordnik.com. [Steele: Tired of 'nitpicking' within GOP ranks - KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |] Reference
The terms: no more backbiting, no more press leaks. From Wordnik.com. [The Contrary Voice Of Janet Reno] Reference
Is it as backbiting as show business can be at camp?. From Wordnik.com. ['Theater Geek' School's Real Life Drama] Reference
Therefore backbiting is absolutely the gravest of all. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore not every blackening of a good name is backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is not as defined by some. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
The mixed marriage is a debacle, riddled with inertia and backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [A Failure to Communicate] Reference
Now backbiting causes a most grievous defect, viz. blindness of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Now backbiting by its very nature aims at blackening a man's good name. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Some of the whispering in Washington is reminiscent of country-club backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [Can Boris Yeltsin] Reference
The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
We must now consider backbiting, under which head there are four points of inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore backbiting is not graver than the other sins committed against one's neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
The backslapping and high-fives gave way to a kind of focused grimness and some quiet backbiting. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
More troubling: some of the most vicious backbiting is coming from within Olmert's own Kadima Party. From Wordnik.com. [Armchair Generals] Reference
This is not backbiting strictly and formally speaking, but only materially and accidentally as it were. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Objection 1: It would seem that backbiting is the gravest of all sins committed against one's neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Yes, figure skating is competitive; yes, there's backbiting, but this is an isolated moment of ugliness. From Wordnik.com. [Tougher Than She Looks] Reference
I am tired of folks nitpicking and folks backbiting and finding a reason to fight, Steele told the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Steele Sick And Tired Of Infighting, 'Nitpicking' In GOP Ranks] Reference
It is entitled "Salander," and has for its subject the backbiting dragon sometimes called by similar name. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Then there's the backbiting, none of it more outsize than the decadeslong feud between Casablancas and Ford. From Wordnik.com. [Absolutely Not Fabulous] Reference
He wanted to honor McCain's admonition against backbiting by his top advisers, and the two remained close friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
Whatever the backbiting and division among themselves, in her ladyship's service they would sacrifice life itself. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
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