sadistic
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Even Richard Nixon in his darkest, and sometimes drunken, moments had the good sense, or at least the protection afforded by his aides, to keep his most sadistic thoughts private.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
He said a whole-life tariff could only be given in sadistic or sexual cases, those involving abduction or a high level of premeditation.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
And no wonder: You needn’t work at a fashion magazine to relate to having a sadistic boss like Meryl Streep’s character in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
“Huck Finn” was the apotheosis of Twain’s gift for truth-telling, as he exposed the sadistic oppression of Black people and made the slave Jim the hero.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Some kapos were insane, some were sadistic, and some were not so bad.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
Vocabulary lists containing sadistic
The Catcher in the Rye
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The Book Thief
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Nine
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