nefarious

Example Sentences

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Adopting a comedic conspiratorial tone, he leans in to reveal: "The scene I'm filming tonight, I'm doing something slightly nefarious in some bushes outside. Which could mean anything in this show, frankly."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“And so for someone to be trading on that goodwill with nefarious intent is very frustrating.”

From Salon • May 2, 2026

By August, when Tzagournis’ daughter first saw it at a friend’s house, the movie about three glamorous K-pop stars doubling as brave warriors to defeat nefarious demons had become Netflix’s most-watched movie ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Nothing came of these theories, but the intelligence firms also entertained an alternate hypothesis: What if the alleged victim didn’t have a nefarious agenda but was being manipulated by someone who did?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

“All the time we thought he was the model youth that anybody could trust a daughter with, until the police showed him up at his nefarious work.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner