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
But the malice prepense must be inferred, from words, deeds, and circumstances.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
“Yes, and she was far more racketty than I,” said I with malice prepense.
From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia
It proved that Susan's departure was plainly premeditated—"with malice prepense," to quote Judge Fitch—since all her best clothes had gone with her.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne
Occasionally they come into keen polemical strife; but it amounts to little more than a gladiatorial exhibition, or rather a light skirmishing, without malice prepense, or much evil result.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
