evil-minded

Example Sentences

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Not being evil minded, he had taken but few wrong steps, and now his attention had been attracted to higher and better things.

From The Hazeley Family by Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin)

Let it not be thought that Andrew Howland was an evil minded man.

From The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

It will teach evil minded persons, the absurdity of expecting that schemes of fraud can be so formed as to provide for all events.

From The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814 by Gurney, William Brodie

Innocent persons might be subjected to great inconvenience and expense in defending themselves in court against the slanderous reports or false accusations of evil minded persons.

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.

"The repetition of the names of Vishnu purifies from all sins, even when invoked by an evil minded person, as fire burns even him who approaches it unwillingly."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville