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flagitious

[fluh-jish-uhs] / fləˈdʒɪʃ əs /


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To applaud the sadists, voyeurs and media manipulators masquerading as directors, actors and writers is as misguided as were the lives of that flagitious couple.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is what I did not expect, for I did not think the flagitious dog had so much spirit or courage in him as to meet me.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

In truth, the ancient problem is extinct, and no reader of this volume will continue to wonder how so intelligent and reasonable a man came to propose such flagitious counsels.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

That this family, with their illustrious father, should have escaped altogether, is an instance of good fortune as remarkable as the attempt was flagitious.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

Four months more brought him to the end of his flagitious career.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles




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