depravity
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Cavalcanti’s, no less brilliant in its execution, looks through the glass darkly, with painful scenes of long-ago squalor and depravity that sadly echo our own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The ability to let the light shine through the depravity Ms Pelicot was subjected to - the "filth", as she repeatedly calls it - is a testament to her resilience.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
The lust for vengeance eventually gets the better of him, but Swenson leads us step by step to depravity through sorrow, injustice and humiliation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
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
“We do also, unfortunately,” replied my father, “for indeed I had rather have been for ever ignorant than have discovered so much depravity and ungratitude in one I valued so highly.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Townsfolk sought separation from the depravities of Rancho Izaguirre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Just listen to the seething passions and depravities of “Wise Blood,” Flannery O’Connor’s vicious satire of religiosity in the Deep South, and featuring a menagerie of grotesque characters by Pinchot.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
“That they are better off than we; and we brave our unmerited poverty stoically, whilst they sail yachts, and indulge in God knows what depravities in boathouses.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2018
Verbinski’s latest plumbed some more graphic territory than the average studio horror property; the depravities are too good to mention here, but those viewers with sensitive teeth would do well to exercise caution.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2017
Eisman knew more about that market, its characters, and its depravities than anyone Lippmann had ever spoken with.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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