However, they are often described as bossy, spoiled and lonely, reports the Globe and Mail. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
If that means she is labeled "bossy" in the meantime, then so be it. From Wordnik.com. [Learning More About a Private Lady] Reference
Internally, too, she quelled her "bossy" self to cultivate a "breezy, natural sense of sweetness.". From Wordnik.com. [Joy Heather Resmovits: Meryl Streep Offers Barnard Grads Directionless Inspiration] Reference
It also avoids the appearance of being overly ego-centric - and "bossy" by expecting everyone to speak English. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico - The Social Perspective] Reference
"That's your 'bossy' tone, Mattie," he drawled, his desire to talk getting a fresh excuse for indulging itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Generation] Reference
"Elaine is a little 'bossy', and inclined to appropriate Leonard all to herself at present. From Wordnik.com. [A Patriotic Schoolgirl] Reference
It's not surprising, really, because I'm a little bossy. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
Yeah, he probably doesn't want you now because you are too bossy. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Ryan: In These Times, Is Respect on the Job a Pipe Dream?] Reference
I had a lot of fun photographing her because we are both very bossy. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
In the end, playground justice may determine the fate of bossy girls. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
HANSEN: Lucy, as bossy as you are, you sing John's song, "Blue Chalk.". From Wordnik.com. [Red Horse: Three Singer-Songwriters United In Harmony] Reference
Maybe I think bossy behavior is acceptable because I actually am a boss. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
Lucy, Sally and Peppermint Patty were bossy, self-centered and even cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Back Talk: Exploring Iraq’s War Marriages] Reference
But what is the difference, exactly, between being bossy and being assertive?. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
I want bossy to morph into powerful, assertive, ambitious and, of course, kind. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
No. Well, she's kinda bossy and a motormouth, so it's somewhat autobiographical. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Busy Mama] Reference
They had overseers who was sometimes bossy but they wouldn't allow dem to whip me. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
Our fear is that bossy girls grow up to be those abrasive women around our offices. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
Her son defied his bossy mother, bolted to the ruling party and became a cabinet minister. From Wordnik.com. ['Dynasty' Meets 'Family Feud'] Reference
An intense, irrepressible, busy and bossy, inescapably charming springer spaniel of a human. From Wordnik.com. [N-Dubz: 'We were naughty. We used to cause madness!'] Reference
She thought it was a lovely chin, -- in another man she would have called it distinctly "bossy.". From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
Barney couldn't go in with the herd because the bossy, protective mares would have chased him off. From Wordnik.com. [Liz O'Connell: You Can Bet on Little Larky] Reference
The oldest of three brothers, Cuccinelli was competitive, a bit bossy, as hard on himself as anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative] Reference
I had always been bossy, but when John stopped working I became unbearably controlling and resentful. From Wordnik.com. [Our Marriage Barely Survived] Reference
Allow your daughter to be bossy on the playground, and she may just grow up to be like Hillary Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
Eline's bossy, no-nonsense sister Betsy gradually recognizes that her beloved only child is slow-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Tolstoy and Trollope Fans, Meet Couperus] Reference
But bossy is a label that parents, babysitters and teachers apply most often to the sugar-and-spice gender. From Wordnik.com. [We’re Bossy—And Proud of It] Reference
It seemed a little bossy, but he is quite Teutonic, though Andreas is normally amiable (take a look at him). From Wordnik.com. [Michael Russnow: Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It's the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV] Reference
One of O'Donnell's goals on "The View" is not to be so bossy, to learn to ride the bus, rather than drive it. From Wordnik.com. [Rosie's New View] Reference
Do Republicans simply want Washington to be bossy on behalf of conservative rather than liberal welfare ideas?. From Wordnik.com. [The Restoration] Reference
For spacious rooms, the better kinds, during warm weather, are those which have a large leaf and bossy flower. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828] Reference
"There are people who think that I'm strident and bossy and much too New York and left-wing liberal," she says. From Wordnik.com. [Rosie's New View] Reference
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