den of vice
Example Sentences
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But, he added, the town’s history as a den of vice has also created some ambivalence.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2016
Though at first delighted to escape her shallow patrician luxury, Katharina soon discovered that the convent was a den of vice.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2015
In a narrow street, in a den of vice, you do not expect civilization, you do not expect order.
From The Club of Queer Trades by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Yes!" she exclaims, "he told me they were gone; but you see how powerful is gold to obtain the truth, even in that den of vice!
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
I imagined you visiting some den of vice and mixing as an equal with these terrible people who never seem to cross the bridges.
From The Evil Shepherd by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
