depravity
Example Sentences
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She’s forthright with her interest in depravity, and as such, her films make no effort to conceal their degeneracies or shock the viewer.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
The film was banned in some states, and newspapers denounced its depravity.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
The bank accounts of social depravity have never been fatter.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025
Even with the debauchery and depravity so vividly portrayed by Wambaugh, unsung acts of goodwill and tenderness emerge through the blue fog.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing depravity
The Scarlet Letter
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" Vocabulary from the autobiography
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