malice
Example Sentences
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"She said she had never acted out of malice and had only wanted to prevent men from criticising her granddaughters."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Despite the vast trove of limited series available these days, over-the-top ‘80s-style melodramas like this, sagas laced with delectable malice, simply do not exist today. “
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
As is the case throughout, the questioners—the chairman, played with snide malice by Michael McKean, is flanked by two “investigators”—are pious, bullying and laughably disingenuous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
A wild light flamed in his eyes, but his malice was no longer matched by his old griping strength.
From "The Return of the King" 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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