wickedness

Example Sentences

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The survivors said it sends a message that the state isn’t serious about stopping the kind of wickedness that led to the massacre.

From Washington Times

"They see that human wickedness can be brutal and causes so much human suffering."

From Fox News

In the biblical story of Jonah, when the prophet warns Nineveh of impending destruction because of its wickedness, the city turned to fasting and prayer, and God decided not to destroy the city.

From Washington Post

In Maria’s case, missing is any mention of a motive, save that she lacked a fear of God and was instigated to wickedness “by the divil.”

From Washington Post

Fisher, arguably the greatest American food writer, if not one of the greatest writers across the board, was exquisitely nostalgic, but she had wickedness, too.

From New York Times