malevolent

Example Sentences

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But he sure makes the strongest case for being the most malevolent, influential force there, a malignancy that poisons everything he touches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

They found that when a phishing pop-up had clear malevolent telltales, like misspellings, the phone and PC users tended to avoid it at similar rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

It’s like a malevolent Ouroboros, where we can’t tell which is the head and which the tail, or which end is swallowing the other.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 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

Meggie suspected she was secretly toying with the idea of getting Darius to read aloud again, now that Capricorn’s malevolent presence no longer left him tongue-tied.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke