wantonly

Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s worries over Claude’s alleged ability to feel distress aren’t really about Claude; they’re about our all-too-human unease over the possibility that we’re wantonly using something that doesn’t want to be used.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

"Then, with its stock price crumbling under the weight of its own mismanagement, circled the wagons to protect its new leaders and wantonly accused" Mr Lynch of fraud, they wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

Both teams seemed perturbed at the way that the officials so wantonly threw flags on defensive backs.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

The law says the penalty is harsher if someone should have known of the risks and harsher still—manslaughter—if the person does know the risks and wantonly disregards them.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel