vicious

Example Sentences

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“Yes” won’t sway any hardliners but it should convince anyone with eyes of the absurdity of trying to write a hate song, even as Y screams its vicious lyrics into the wind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When accompanied by a vicious cycle of falling prices and falling demand, that turns into a process known as deflation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Ayer, in a report to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, called her a “rich and vicious parasite.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

She is now trying to get Russian citizenship to be able to travel more freely, but is caught in a vicious bureaucratic cycle.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

My legs were shaking because those trees and I hadn’t chatted in quite a while, and I wasn’t sure how angry and maybe vicious they were going to be.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan