malice
Example Sentences
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The punitive phase of the civil trial began Thursday, after jurors determined that Grossman had acted with malice and oppression and Erickson with malice, oppression or fraud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It emerges not from malice, but from math.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
I think none of the characters in the film do anything with any malice.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
A group so small, in fact, that its members can be manipulated by the subtly deployed malice of just one man.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
She hadn't intended to mislead, she hadn't acted out of malice.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Take the Bad with the Good: Bene and Mal
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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