heinousness

Example Sentences

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Michael Appleton masterminded Lincoln City’s win over Sunderland in the League One play-off semi-final and should be barracked in the street for that act of heinousness.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2021

It is people with bad public defenders who often wind up with these sentences, which means it wasn’t really about the heinousness of the crime.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2020

People will want to make this a referendum on the heinousness of Loyd’s alleged crime.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2017

Such hate-crime laws elevate the heinousness of crimes in which people are targeted because of their identity, their belonging to a group.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2016

Since Mary Anne never went anywhere, the punishment did not seem to compensate for the heinousness of the crime.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy