depravity

Example Sentences

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The film was banned in some states, and newspapers denounced its depravity.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

While depravity is omnipresent, that doesn’t mean it’s all-consuming.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

At the Daily Beast, Jill Filipovic engages in some needed truth-telling about the depravity of the propaganda video:

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Nelson had recognised the depravity of his actions and had apologised for them in a letter to the judge, the court heard.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

Even a half-remembrance of this episode, along with myriad other humiliations, defeats, and emasculations, could stir him into flights of depravity that surprised himself—but only himself.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison