sadism
Example Sentences
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Chiarella takes time between bouts of danger to show affection and intimacy that, in defiance of teen-slasher formula, isn’t immediately penalized with sadism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Of course we’ll free the hostages, we hate sadism!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But the sadism is accompanied by a trollish glee that reads far more like a 13-year-old boy's failed attempts at humor than what one would expect from a 53-year-old businessman and father of 12.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
Accusing her of cruelty and sadism without any proof, they appeared shortly after the Ukrainian army had liberated Kherson.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023
Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
