be evil

Example Sentences

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Originally, long before the current surge of interest in the ethics of AI, Google's founders, Sergei Brin and Larry Page, said their motto for the firm was "don't be evil".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025

Throughout, Loftus gives a gripping performance as a woman desperate to make a good impression on a family that may be evil.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Skeptics were quick to dismiss these safeguards as just another, more convoluted version of ‘‘Don’t be evil.’’

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

"To me, the most fascinating thing is that he's an evil man who does not want to be evil," Lithgow said.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021

And I guess Mrs. Menzer must be evil, too, because why else would she fire Mom?

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller