depravity

Example Sentences

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The bank accounts of social depravity have never been fatter.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

That 2013 Respect at Work review looked into BBC culture in light of Jimmy Savile's depravity.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

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

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