wickedness

Example Sentences

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They all have a reason for the wickedness that they do.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

Good is not assured victory over evil in Shakespeare, though wickedness sets in motion those forces that will hasten the end of its ride.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

An independent review led by Richard Horwell QC, published in July 2017, concluded that: "It is human failings that brought about the collapse of the trial, not wickedness."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Whatever supernatural elements we thought we saw may have been an extension of Rust and Marty Hart’s absorption into the disconcerting wickedness corrupting everything, or just distracting woo-woo.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

Yet he joined to his wickedness such strength of mind and body, that when he entered upon a military career, he rose through the ranks to become praetor of Syracuse.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli