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

To his having been in this condition several of the Court domestics, at the time called out of their beds, with purpose prepense, were able to bear witness.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

He is sitting at a distant window, tying flies, and makes this unfortunate remark without the faintest appearance of malice prepense.

From Rossmoyne by Unknown

He has some design—some malice prepense, of which he does not desire her to be a witness.

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

When he attempted it of malice prepense it was often laboriously unfunny.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander