Examples of bossy in a Sentence
Adjective (1)
I don't want to work with him because he's so bossy and always runs roughshod over me
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Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The shark is a pleasing stand-in for a big bossy grownup, easily fooled.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Interactions with friends and groups could get out of hand with high energy that becomes bossy.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
That conceptual tension has led early users to experience agentic AI as a sort of bossy servant.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Running Furrever Friends is Brandi (Amy Sedaris), a bossy little Shih Tzu, and her owner, Seth (Gil Ozeri).
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
The shark is a pleasing stand-in for a big bossy grownup, easily fooled.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Interactions with friends and groups could get out of hand with high energy that becomes bossy.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
That conceptual tension has led early users to experience agentic AI as a sort of bossy servant.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Bossy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bossy. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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