amoral

Example Sentences

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He’s an amoral tycoon who would enslave an entire country to make a buck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

It is human nature to project our phobias, prejudices and obsessions onto what is simply a biological contest between our immune system and the amoral pathogens trying to replicate themselves within us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

If Pericles’ funeral oration is a landmark of democratic virtue, the amoral facts of pure force become explicit in the “Melian dialogue” following the Athenian conquest of the neutral island of Melos in 415 B.C.:

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

In “Barking Dogs Never Bite,” he probes what viewers see as ethical food versus amoral, offensive cuisine.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

“I almost didn’t say anything. I thought, what’s in the past is past. Maybe she’s made a new life. But I see you’ve raised your daughter to be just as amoral as you.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng