venality
Example Sentences
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HBO’s “The Franchise” strives to work all the silliness and venality we’ve come to expect into an up-to-the-minute spoof of superhero IP-making.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
Silverio responds with a tirade about the venality and hypocrisy of a media that sacrifices integrity and decency on the altar of ratings and social media likes.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
There are times when I complete a cartoon and feel as if I did not quite capture the full venality of my target.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022
During a visit this past March, he was highly energized, particularly when discussing what he sees as Wilson's venality, power-lust, and imaginative bankruptcy.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2020
There are those who reproach my marriage; they are scarcely worth notice, but this I have to say for myself, that nothing could have been more pure in moral, more free from venality.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile