wantonly
Example Sentences
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The plot is simultaneously ingenious, preposterous and, in its ultimate phantasmagorical effect, not unlike Mr. Holland’s account of the reality Mr. Boyne so wantonly subverts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"He chose to take whatever information he had and attempted to sell it to a foreign intelligence service thereby, wantonly, putting myself, my family and ultimately the country at risk."
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Anthropic’s worries over Claude’s alleged ability to feel distress aren’t really about Claude; they’re about our all-too-human unease over the possibility that we’re wantonly using something that doesn’t want to be used.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
When Chernin’s Leo raises his voice in Jewish prayer before he is hanged, the memory of a man whose life was wantonly destroyed is momentarily restored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
