malevolent

Example Sentences

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Despite its critics, nationalism isn’t always a malevolent force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

We know these animals are not malevolent, just trying to survive, and so the traps dispatch them with as little suffering as possible.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025

"Creating the space where a malevolent actor could have done almost whatever they wanted."

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

With the franchise officially out of ideas, how about skipping to “Jurassic Park: One Million Years A.D.” so a futuristic species can resurrect us for some malevolent fun and games?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

Lowell’s Martians were benign and hopeful, even a little godlike, very different from the malevolent menace posed by Wells and Welles in The War of the Worlds.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan