viciousness

Example Sentences

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It unites the teller and those he is assured will laugh in complicity in its viciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

And it’s an attempt by the truly malevolent to weaponize their dangerous ignorance, to make their viciousness normal—and to implicate all of us in their inhumanity.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Lamar arguably came out ahead with cuts including “Euphoria,” “Not Like Us” and “Meet the Grahams,” which displayed a whole new tier of viciousness from the Pulitzer winner, including unsubstantiated accusations of pedophilia against Drake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

But, she added: "Part of the genius of the original Mean Girls was how it captured the downright viciousness of teenage girls, and some of that predatory bite has been muzzled here."

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

I had seen enough to know the viciousness these people demanded, and I needed them to want me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken