wickedness

Example Sentences

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Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

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

A second person said: "The bolt challenge is paining me because it’s innocent and hardworking people on both sides that are suffering for the wickedness and thoughtlessness of other people. Really unfair."

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

He was always getting himself into trouble—as, for instance, by unhorsing the Orkneys at Westminster—through underestimating the wickedness of the world.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White