vices
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the book’s greatest feat is its depiction of the historical moment when the modern overpowered the ancient—a world, now lost, of floridly costumed courtiers, fabled princes, exotic vices and perfumed palaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The web of their lives “is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together,” to filch from Shakespeare, and Venable combines virtues and vices in unexpected patterns.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
It starts from afar, has an animal with human characteristics as its protagonist - in this case a lion - with its vices and virtues.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
George Grosz’s canvas “Metropolis” was painted during World War I and shows a nighttime street teeming with the delights and vices of city life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
