venal

Example Sentences

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“I will smash every bone in your worthless, venal, criminal elf skull,” reads a more recent email to Dr. Fauci dated July 21, according to court documents.

From Washington Times

The Tory Party, I have been told, even started to consider how to transfer the leadership without a contest, fearing that such a competition could be seen as "venal" after the prime minister's death.

From BBC

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been widely viewed as colorful, generally harmless, perhaps venal and not necessarily journalistically productive.

From New York Times

The venal, ruthless mob assault on the Capitol will be recorded as one of the most horrifying and frightening events in our nation’s history.

From Washington Post

It’s not the kind of line we would expect from one of the crass, venal middlemen Hollywood tends to enjoy portraying.

From New York Times