malign

Example Sentences

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They expect us to “consider the source of their ideas, or the cultural influences upon them, which are often malign and give them perverse incentives to acquire the ‘mind-forg’d manacles’ with which they live.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"We are not faulting the social media companies for failure to remove malign content from their platforms," Bergman told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

The 99-year lease back of Diego Garcia would cost the UK £101m a year, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said at the time, adding that it was necessary to protect the base from "malign influence".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Dictators, autocrats and other malign actors strategically use humor as a type of diminutive to minimize their real intent and to distract the public and media.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Behind me was the malign Edmund, before me an angry Claudius deep in private conversation with Laertes.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein