prepense

Example Sentences

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On this subject he spares no sensibilities, not even his own, minces no words, without malice prepense.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Rodney has of malice prepense secluded herself from public gaze at least for an hour.

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Bent upon mischief, she had, malice prepense, dressed herself with unusual care, and arranged her hair in a new style of coiffure, which proved very becoming.

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

Anania spoke in the tone of an injured woman, defrauded of her rights by the malice prepense of Stephen.

From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

The Parisian did not view it in that light, and downfaced me that these rustics, to whose aid he was actually going, tried to murder him of malice prepense.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus