BOSSY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for BOSSY, such as:

1. I wish Carol wasn't so bossy though.
2. She remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
3. Ivy Bolton's tricks and humble bossiness were also only too transparent.
4. But I can't stand the twaddling bossy impudence of the people who run this world.
5. For the first week or so, Mrs Bolton, however, was very quiet at Wragby, her assured, bossy manner left her, and she was nervous.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOSSY
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bossy
 a.  offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Classic Sentence:
1  For the first week or so, Mrs Bolton, however, was very quiet at Wragby, her assured, bossy manner left her, and she was nervous.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  But I can't stand the twaddling bossy impudence of the people who run this world.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  This bossy projection of earth above its natural level occupied the loftiest ground of the loneliest height that the heath contained.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
4  I wish Carol wasn't so bossy though.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  Juanita Haydock led the mutiny: "Look here, Carol, don't be so bossy."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  But she had that queer sort of bossiness, endless assertion of her own will, which is one of the signs of insanity in modern woman.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  Ivy Bolton's tricks and humble bossiness were also only too transparent.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
Example Sentence:
1  She remembers being a rather bossy little girl.
2  He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.