How to Use bitchy in a Sentence

bitchy

adjective
  • George is a master of bitchy one-liners.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The message of the song that will work, Wendy says, isn’t bitchy.
    — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The other things that surprises me frankly is how bitchy the book is.
    — Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The other thing that surprises me, frankly, is how bitchy the book is.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Yeah, that bitchy little nuisance is known as imposter syndrome.
    — Martine Thompson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2017
  • What explains the gruff-meets-bitchy tone of Putting the Rabbit in the Hat?
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The women who staff the pageant are bitchy to Turquoise, as if getting pregnant stripped her of all her value.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 19 June 2020
  • But this is the kind of last-ditch attempt to pull at her heartstrings, but Yasmin can’t help but be snide and bitchy.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But this album was his big Garfunkel Purge, embracing his bitchy wit.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Anytime Chloe makes a bitchy comeback or comment to/about another girl.
    — Mark Shrayber, Cosmopolitan, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Michaels was stuck writing shopworn gags for a bitchy hairdresser character.
    — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Really, the show is here to serve fierce looks, bitchy one-liners and big juicy moments, with severely mixed results.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • At least in this premiere episode, characters are bitchy but not offensively cruel.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 July 2021
  • There are bitchy sisters and ice queen mothers, overbearing fathers and wisecracking best friends.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 10 June 2022
  • Look, people talk about how mean and bitchy and horrible and terrible and backbiting fashion is and stuff.
    — Phillip Picardi, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Again, Uncle Grant is bringing the bitchy energy this series needs.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There have been representations of powerful women who are shown as bitchy, like armor.
    — Greg Braxton, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • Is there a younger woman who says something bitchy and throws our MILF into a spiral?
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Sloth eventually, slowly, climbs down to talk to Colton, and a few of the women discuss how weird this is without being bitchy.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2019
  • Luckily, in the episode’s most touching moment, bitchy hot girl Yasmine takes pity on him and finally decides to sign his cast.
    — Cydney Lee, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Luckily, in the episode’s most touching moment, bitchy hot girl Yasmine takes pity on him and finally decides to sign his cast.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Meanwhile, Amanda said something bitchy about one of Lindsay’s outfits in season one, and neither of them is over it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 May 2026
  • The film channels the spirited energy of a milieu in which solidarity and bitchy banter go hand in hand.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
  • As such, there’s definitely an audience out there for it, and not just one comprised of viewers who will watch it through the lens of bitchy derision, fun though that will be.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
  • For me, that will always be the realest Drake, an honest-to-a-fault, bitchy numbskull that could make songs full of small, personal moments feel universal.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Drew Reilly, who plays everything from a football coach to a bitchy gay dancer, hints at Jim Carrey ambitions.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Next to these genuinely disturbed dudes, even the bitchiest, most backbiting BGB looks downright quaint.
    — Leeann Duggan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
  • As bitchy and negative as Buckley’s persona was, Olga Kay came across as the exact opposite.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Ars Technica, 11 June 2017
  • Now that Madison’s gone, there’s just no one else working on Rodrigo’s level of bitchy comments and perfect reactions.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • His last name has been translated as toadstool, bitchy and pagan, but there is no denying the significance of the museum’s religious treasures.
    — Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017

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