malevolent

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

While a host of intriguing news smells ranging from fallen logs and hidden foxes delight Indy’s nose, he also senses something strange and malevolent in the house that threatens to take over Todd.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

“What’s fun about Laura’s perspective is Cherry seems completely unhinged and that there’s a real malevolent undertone to her behavior,” Cooke says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 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

Whatever malevolent energy had been powering them was shut off, and they broke apart in screeching showers of rusty confetti.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia