depraved

Example Sentences

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Yet its parties, even at their most decadent and depraved, were never quite cool.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

“I apologize to all who were hurt by this clearly terrible and depraved individual.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

"It leaves me with a pit in my stomach. It's disgusting, it's depraved, it's exploitative, it's utterly disrespectful."

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

By the way, the release date for the new and depraved “Animal Farm” is May 1, 2026—International Workers’ Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

And since it was about the only jewelry I’d seen in an entire year, it could have been diamonds—I was that depraved.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver