malignity

Example Sentences

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Intimately acquainted with Richard’s malignity, these ruined royals know only too well the toll of his depraved machinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

His malignity and psychopathology seem to attract followers when these same characteristics should repulse people.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

Claims about reckless constitutional damage have proved, however, a convenient front for motiveless malignity.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2020

It would seem that the malignity of the troll is inhabiting the Snow Queen’s form.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

The Mouth is here scarcely that of a dragon, but that of an exceedingly well-studied serpent; for intent and powerful malignity the expression of this fine stone carving would be difficult to surpass.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall