malevolence
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, the chair of the inquiry, Lord Brodie, asked why the health board had changed its position after alleging unprofessionalism and malevolence on the part of the medics who raised concerns.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
He concedes, quite ruefully, that in his coverage of war-torn Syria he utterly misread the malevolence of Bashar al-Assad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He is a throbbing mass of malevolence, turned up — to reference Reiner’s “This Is Spinal Tap” — to 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
"It's not a sense of malevolence, but a huge sense of negligence and neglect and not following good practice," added Esme.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
The unspeakable malevolence of the message is now buried deep inside the word, and out on the surface it presents itself as merely an obscenity.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing malevolence
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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And Then There Were None
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