malevolent

Example Sentences

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The malevolent attention paid to Black’s stilted pop song reached levels no internet phenomenon had ever encountered.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei recently cited horrifying scenarios if the technology falls into malevolent hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

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

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

It was his custom to sit on the table, and his manner to repel anything but the greatest courtesy with a haughty and malevolent tongue.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman