Sentence examples for a heinous thing from inspiring English sources

The Ku Klux Klan is excoriated in stories such as Scandale d'Estime and the late story Lastward, Deputy James, where he describes southerners who didn't protest segregation as "good Germans … staying quiet when a heinous thing is about like Hitler".

And like so many women in history, that "sin" made all other sins more believable: because a woman not willing to accept her place is capable of any heinous thing you can imagine.

I'd like to point out that overriding the thoughts and personality of a living person is an incredibly heinous thing to do.

But it would be quite a different, heinous thing, argued Hitchens, to pull troops out now and abandon Iraqi democrats and trade unionists fighting for their lives against an unholy murderous alliance of Ba'athists and Bin Ladenists.

"I felt bad for Paris.... It's a real heinous thing to have people in your house stealing stuff.

"For one thing... that heinous thing Martin Bashir said, nobody knew about that until I added a joke, which is known as hyperbole".

PARKER -- For me, I have to find what it is that the character hopes to achieve by doing whatever hateful or heinous thing they're doing.

Nope, turns out Fitz was (maybe) just using that as cover for the truly heinous thing he (maybe) did in, of all places, Iceland.

They agree with every heinous thing the Republicans offer up and then wonder why they can't successfully challenge them.

I've had dates who immediately jump to ask, "What's the most heinous thing you've ever had to do?" – as though I'm forced to do horrible things.

I've had dates who immediately jump to ask, "What's the most heinous thing you've ever had to do?"—as though I'm forced to do horrible things.