wickedness
Example Sentences
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To Assad, a member of the department, its purpose is “to get justice, help put things right for victims, and keep the wickedness of the world at bay.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
But the townsfolk are fresh out of ideas of how to stop the disaster pressing down on them, save for one that Tom and Wyck, now allies against this unseen wickedness, plot together.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
They all have a reason for the wickedness that they do.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2026
So when you’re no longer looking at yourself through that lens of wickedness, passion and all the things that I thought were negative, now I can see how they affected me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
The two, the Queen and her lover, had reason to know that wickedness cannot be ended by wickedness.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
