vile
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Sophie lives by herself in a small, tatty apartment that belongs to her vile ex-husband, Paul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Part of their story, then, is that it’s a vile myth that pregnancy and motherhood can be hard on women.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
A new breeze baptized us in another vile stink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor for the area, Karol McQuade, said the mosque display was "vile, dangerous and deeply irresponsible".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
She was not a vile or shameful character!
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Presidents, there was "no viler oaf" than Woodrow Wilson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Life calls for adjectives that mean better than best, viler than vile, cooler than cool.
From Time Magazine Archive
But has not Christian Rome witnessed many a viler spectacle?
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
Poor earth! what though thy viler dust enrolls The frail enclosures of these mighty souls?
From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers
A viler gang of villainous aristocrats is nowhere to be found than this country produces.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Theophila Carlile Campbell
Sit in front of a screen and suffer an endless stream of the vilest videos the internet can offer, approving or denying each clip’s right to stay on a given platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Competition is heavy to garner attention by saying the vilest thing on stage.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
They invite our scorn, which is not to say they are immune to our pity: Even the vilest character turns out to be in the grip of a deeply misguided longing for transcendence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
His voice is agitated, it sounds almost dignified as he says: “I tell you it is the vilest baseness to use horses in the war.”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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