evildoing

Example Sentences

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But the movie needs him to be the baddie, so he reverts to evildoing for no apparent reason.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Does a donation from the Bin Ladens - however remote from the evildoing of a disowned son - fit into this model of monarchy?

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2022

Since “Despicable Me” was based on Gru, the evildoing protagonist, the Minions needed to help balance him.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

But he is almost always righteous given a suspect’s evildoing, so that even if he gets carried away, his underlying motivations are unassailable and possibly heroic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

As the monsoon wind drives the sandhills of our coast into new forms, so does this news of German evildoing drive our hearts and spears into the service of the English Government.

From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various