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
Intimately acquainted with Richard’s malignity, these ruined royals know only too well the toll of his depraved machinations.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
We know there will be no real consequences for this depraved behavior — only continued normalization.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
The lasting lesson from the original movie is not that mobs are depraved or that TV is stupid, but that Mr. Schwarzenegger had a special gift for making otherwise terrible efforts watchable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
He had called it obscene and depraved in assembly; what would he say to the town?
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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