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Backbiting is not exclusive to male artists -- a growing number of women artists have moved away from a notion of feminist cohesiveness to a more every-girl-for-herself outlook -- nor is it confined to the fine arts.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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Backbiting is not exclusive to male artists -- a growing number of women artists have moved away from a notion of feminist cohesiveness to a more every-girl-for-herself outlook -- nor is it confined to the fine arts.
Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists Daniel Grant 2010
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"Backbiting" -- that is, talking evil of persons behind their backs.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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There's an excellent pamphlet called The Backbiting Tongue, written in the late 19th century by a Father Bélet of the Diocese of Basle, Switzerland.
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There's an excellent pamphlet called The Backbiting Tongue, written in the late 19th century by a Father Bélet of the Diocese of Basle, Switzerland.
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Backbiting was not the word to describe Hill's habit of mind, but critical he was, ceaselessly critical.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Backbiting was not the word to describe Hill's habit of mind, but critical he was, ceaselessly critical.
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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Backbiting is saying evil things of another in his absence.
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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Backbiting their neighbors and swallowing their drops
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Backbiting among the well-bred murmurs there was of course.
V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
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