malevolence
Example Sentences
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He concedes, quite ruefully, that in his coverage of war-torn Syria he utterly misread the malevolence of Bashar al-Assad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He is a throbbing mass of malevolence, turned up — to reference Reiner’s “This Is Spinal Tap” — to 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
"It's not a sense of malevolence, but a huge sense of negligence and neglect and not following good practice," added Esme.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
By evading malevolence and earnestly focusing on the strength of the human spirit, Ross paints a vital portrait of resilience that puts the director in a class all his own.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024
The golden monkey’s teeth were bared, his eyes glaring, and such a concentrated malevolence blazed from him that Will felt it almost like a spear.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing malevolence
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
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And Then There Were None
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