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
It would need only a little malice prepense to make him out a deserter from the flag, and the fact of his having borne a false name would go far to establish his guilt.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
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
When a sperm whale destroys a boat with his flukes, it is probably accident; but he bites with malice prepense and pernicious.
From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
