depravity

Example Sentences

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And one post-pardon case is already sticking out for sheer depravity.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

She was equally moved, the prime minister said, adding: "It was her second visit, but no less harrowing than the first time she stepped through that gate and witnessed the depravity of what happened here."

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

When Warner Bros. learned about the extent of Polley’s fiscal depravity, they mothballed the album.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

Nelson had recognised the depravity of his actions and had apologised for them in a letter to the judge, the court heard.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

Even a half-remembrance of this episode, along with myriad other humiliations, defeats, and emasculations, could stir him into flights of depravity that surprised himself—but only himself.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison