Examples of mean streak in a Sentence
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Seider popped early in his career, making Detroit’s roster as a 20-year-old and showing a mix of offensive production, defensive tools that outran some dodgy five-on-five results and a rare-for-its-time mean streak.
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Better than swagger, LSU showed a defensive mean streak that’s been missing for years.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet what is mostly a somewhat enjoyable exploration of culture clashes and modern relationships takes a decidedly dark (and bad) turn, tossing in a too-sudden third-act mean streak and a polarizing ending that doesn’t feel at all earned.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The 6-foot-2, 275-pound CSU commit plays with a mean streak at right tackle.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Campbell, in particular, finished plays a little past the whistle, demonstrating the mean streak he was known for in college and Vrabel came to love in the draft process.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Fargo has an absurdist streak a mile wide and a sense of cosmic comeuppance that suggests the strings are being pulled by a mischievous trickster-god with a mean streak.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
As a run-blocker, Cornelius excels in space and features a mean streak.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Better than swagger, LSU showed a defensive mean streak that’s been missing for years.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2025
Yet what is mostly a somewhat enjoyable exploration of culture clashes and modern relationships takes a decidedly dark (and bad) turn, tossing in a too-sudden third-act mean streak and a polarizing ending that doesn’t feel at all earned.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The 6-foot-2, 275-pound CSU commit plays with a mean streak at right tackle.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Campbell, in particular, finished plays a little past the whistle, demonstrating the mean streak he was known for in college and Vrabel came to love in the draft process.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025
Fargo has an absurdist streak a mile wide and a sense of cosmic comeuppance that suggests the strings are being pulled by a mischievous trickster-god with a mean streak.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025
As a run-blocker, Cornelius excels in space and features a mean streak.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Mean streak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean%20streak. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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