evils
Example Sentences
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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
A wary Tinseltown reluctantly coalesced around the Netflix bid, seeing it as the lesser of two evils, but Paramount's willingness to stump up ever greater sums eventually saw the streamer withdraw.
From Barron's • 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
"I don't know if I'd say the lesser of two evils, but I think Chile needs a change," Claudio Sanjuez said, "and I clearly think Kast could be that alternative".
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
I decided the latter was the lesser of evils, so I went downstairs to have what would likely be the strangest meal of my life while dressed like a clown without makeup.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
