deliberate malice

Example Sentences

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What bothers me most is that it shows that she thinks our daughter is capable of such deliberate malice.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2019

Shaw said the defendants, who were relatives or friends of Evans, had posted the comments with "deliberate malice".

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2012

Further bolstering free speech, the Court upset an Alabama public official's $500,000 libel judgment against the New York Times, ruling that a public official cannot recover from his critics unless he proves deliberate malice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile covertly and methodically Denis Malster was busy confirming his worst suspicions of this scion of the house of Highbarn, and his final conclusion was that the young man was behaving with deliberate malice.

From Too Old for Dolls A Novel by Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)

"What is so rare as a day in June?" said Willits, with deliberate malice.

From Up the Hill and Over by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone