malefic
Example Sentences
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Giancarlo Esposito plays Beauty’s malefic father and Niecy Nash is her vocally exacting mother.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
By the end of Clones, Anakin is still a decent, stalwart gent, light-years removed from the malefic Vader.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the end, with Reinhold's malefic help, she and Franz will have become the secret agents of their own destruction.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just Cause, Copycat and Dead Man Walking all exploit a dramatic tension that is both elemental and cost-efficient; it requires only a bare room and an actor able to summon some malefic grandeur.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sergeant Hicks said in a malefic whisper that seemed to hiss out of his bowels.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
