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vile

[vahyl] / vaɪl /


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It comes as Union released testimonies from ambulance workers describing the difficult and "vile" conditions they have had to work in.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

"The country and the world witnessed what happened at Jantar Mantar. Some mischievous youngsters hurled vile abuses," Modi, 75, said in a video posted on Instagram late Friday.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

They’ve come to this cesspool to find the villainous Krem, an unrecognizably vile Matthias Schoenaerts with a mug that’s been pierced all over like he face-planted into a pile of thumbtacks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

But there is significant and respected scholarship that goes much further and holds that the Constitution is a pro-slavery, and pro-Southern, document which protected that vile institution.

From Salon May 14, 2026

“I’m leaving. Your henchman has terrified me completely. I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

Some day you may learn that there are viler things in the world--and have to bear them--than a poor gentleman!'

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

Ye shall not beg, like gratis-given Bland, Sent with a pass and vagrant through the land; Nor sail with Ward, to Ape-and-monkey climes, Where vile Mundungus trucks for viler rhymes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

This was the viler in him as the pseudo-Demetrius had already forgiven him one conspiracy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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

The best reason to watch it is Jude Law’s swarthily entertaining performance as Henry at his vilest, with state-of-the-art support from a horrifically pus-leaking, maggot-ridden leg wound.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2023

Competition is heavy to garner attention by saying the vilest thing on stage.

From Salon Mar. 7, 2023

His eyes snapped open and looked at her, and there was nothing but loathing there, nothing but the vilest contempt.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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