malice
Example Sentences
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The punitive phase of the civil trial began Thursday, after jurors determined that Grossman had acted with malice and oppression and Erickson with malice, oppression or fraud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It emerges not from malice, but from math.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
“I think we should focus on the new and leave behind negative rhetoric, the malice, and the effort to deceive—to keep deceiving Venezuelans and the world,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
On Thursday, the judge ruled there wasn't sufficient "clear and convincing" evidence that the women made the accusation with "actual malice", as is required when a public figure is suing for defamation in California.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Disturbed as if out of some gloating dream by his small yell she turned slowly the dreadful malice of her glance upon him.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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