wickedness

Example Sentences

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They all have a reason for the wickedness that they do.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

From then on, there was no rest for Joan, a performer whose unsparing wickedness earned her praise, loyalty and loathing.

From Salon • May 14, 2025

I looked back on core memories in my life that I had viewed as me being an indication of my weakness, my wickedness, my deal with the devil, so to speak.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

An independent review led by Richard Horwell QC, published in July 2017, concluded that: "It is human failings that brought about the collapse of the trial, not wickedness."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

There’s no use in looking back, for here’s the truth I’ve found: It’s hunger, want, and wickedness that makes the world go round.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz