malice
Example Sentences
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I think none of the characters in the film do anything with any malice.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
In his sentencing remarks, Judge James Sampson accepted there was "no evidence of threats, violence or coercion", adding the parents - who had no previous convictions - acted on "misguided cultural beliefs, rather than malice".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The city, they concluded, had misjudged the situation but had not pursued Gamble from a place of malice.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
“But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Her face was changing, resuming its usual expression of gleeful malice.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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