Sentence examples for a vicious time from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a vicious time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period characterized by cruelty, violence, or intense difficulty.
Example: "During the war, it was truly a vicious time for the civilians caught in the crossfire."
Alternatives: "a brutal period" or "a harsh era".

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When I opened our monthly Global LAVA group meeting last Friday, I couldn't help but pronounce it out loud: "If anyone would like to know what the market trends are, check out our LAVA (Los Angeles Venture Association) meetings and see how packed the room is!" What made about 80 people to meet at rather a vicious time -- 7 30 a.m.

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The crack era of the 1980s and 90s was a uniquely vicious time in American life.

Yet as interest and prices have soared, the pickings for both vintage clothes and furniture have never been slimmer, making this the most vicious time in a business that has always been cutthroat.

We're still in such a vicious partisan time.

When Richard was 10, he was beaten for the last and most vicious time, after chomping his way through a pack of Rolos.

One of my clearest memories of that vicious time is Ralph being attacked by one of my old friends in the billiard room of the Pendennis Club in downtown Louisville on Saturday night.

"Open Range" is about the conflict between a pair of virtuous "freegrazers" (Costner and Robert Duvall) — cattle owners who roam across the land with their herds — and a vicious big-time rancher (Michael Gambon) who regards the freegrazers as poachers.

In vicious times in South Africa, he was jailed several times as a young man.

Hence, a bidirectional relationship between the risk of malnutrition and mental health symptoms may be present and result in a vicious circle over time in affected individuals.

If we suppose (as we seem compelled to) that it is not a part of the original series of events, we are launched on a vicious regress of time-dimensions.

The human mind is capable of getting into a vicious circle when times are bad.

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