evilly

Example Sentences

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When the Santa Ana winds come crashing in evilly, the fronds rustle in protest and sometimes become projectiles, but in a way, it feels nice to be warned of changing conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2021

“Mockingjay” charts her entry into war, her initially reluctant usefulness as an propaganda tool and her glower of destiny, egged on by close-ups of Donald Sutherland and those evilly arched eyebrows.

From Chicago Tribune • Nov. 19, 2014

It’s not because nine justices are sitting in a room, wringing their collective hands in a menacing way while laughing evilly.

From US News • Jun. 26, 2014

And sometimes what he makes you think is that he’s fooling you into liking him, cackling evilly behind your back as he uses you without your consent for a grand, life-long art project about celebrity.

From Time • Mar. 6, 2013

Instead the Bull took a giant step back, grinned evilly, and turned toward a stumpy circle of stones that Virgil had never noticed before.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly