malevolent
Example Sentences
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Is there a malevolent spirit in the woods, and will it follow the girls to safety?
From New York Times
I don’t mean that in a malevolent way.
From Los Angeles Times
He understood that the Americans whose feet he was wooing were increasingly prone to viewing China as unsavory, and even malevolent.
From New York Times
“They were not a result of deficient or malevolent design; the features of organisms were not designed by the creator.”
From Washington Post
Their impressive potency is just being misused by the malevolent.
From New York Times
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