malice aforethought
Example Sentences
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Everything he has done in his whole life has been with malice aforethought.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022
Ramos’s premeditation, or malice aforethought, is manifest also through time.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019
As Regina George, the reigning mean girl with malice aforethought, Taylor Louderman is a contender for lead actress in a musical.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Armando Iannucci’s absurdist comedy reveals this in an extremely loose manner of speaking, with malice aforethought, straight-faced glee and formidable sharpshooting that occasionally misfires.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2018
Was it recklessness, was it perversity, or was it malice aforethought, that withheld from the prisoners the means of shelter?
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
