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A new breeze baptized us in another vile stink.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the "vile" sanctions would be met with "greater unity and determination from our people."

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

A government spokesperson said that "women and girls deserve to feel safe" and that "filming and sharing content online without their consent is vile and will not be tolerated".

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

While both these instances are unbecoming, the latter is far more vile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Most knights who land upon my shores seek me in my hall, not in the Belly of the Whale. A vile smuggler’s den, that place. Are you returning to your old trade, onion knight?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Life calls for adjectives that mean better than best, viler than vile, cooler than cool.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presidents, there was "no viler oaf" than Woodrow Wilson.

From Time Magazine Archive

You are hot from an inn full of the viler type of cyclist, and I presume that, after their custom, they mocked at your machinery.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

There is a viler aspect of this "thanksgiving" business.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

Like the celebrated "Five Points," in New-York, "Natchez under the Hill," as it has been aptly named, has extended its fame throughout the United States, in wretched rhyme and viler story.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

Sit in front of a screen and suffer an endless stream of the vilest videos the internet can offer, approving or denying each clip’s right to stay on a given platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

The best reason to watch it is Jude Law’s swarthily entertaining performance as Henry at his vilest, with state-of-the-art support from a horrifically pus-leaking, maggot-ridden leg wound.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2023

In another episode, Che Guevara goads him into indulging power's vilest impulses.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022

“Use your power,” she said, “and make the hussy fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton