evils
Example Sentences
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A wary Tinseltown reluctantly lined up behind Netflix as the lesser of two evils, only to watch Paramount keep raising its bid until the streamer walked away in February.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Also, I am afraid your columns do not sufficiently extol the value of work, which Voltaire rightly claimed protects us from the evils of boredom, vice, and poverty.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
The most moving passages in the diaries chronicle her life during the 900-day German siege of Leningrad, which subjected those who remained in the city to the evils of both totalitarianisms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, gave rise to many evils.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
After Jocasta’s death and all the evils that came with it, Oedipus lived on in Thebes while his children were growing up.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
