Sentence examples for act viciously from inspiring English sources

One ought to resist the temptation to act viciously in circumstances when vice will not be detected.

So, for example, theatre audiences derive enjoyment from the eliciting of their natural compassion by a tragic scene on the stage; then, convinced of their natural goodness, they are freed to act viciously outside the theater.

Fielding also has a problem with those who act viciously with license even though he is willing to accept some of the lesser libertine actions.

Richard acts viciously but, unlike Rowan, has no institution to discipline him, even if that discipline is perfunctory and ultimately toothless.

Repeat exercise till hamster stops acting viciously.

But if perpetrators of despicable acts, who claim to be Muslim, believe some crisis requires them to act unquestioningly and viciously; how does frantic generalizing, inciting hatred, and lashing out at innocent Muslims in return, contradict horrific suffering?

This lesson in working-class Catholic masculinity was achieved through a series of viciously petty acts of cruelty, such as the burning of a favourite teddy bear, that continue to haunt Burnside's dreams decades later.

They viciously turn on her.

The same place from which many sought to humiliate her in 2012, when she was viciously called "monkey," in an act of pure racism.

Venit acted like a "rabid dog" that night, viciously grabbing Crews' genitals and attempting to do so several more times as Crews tried to hold him at bay while requesting help from actor Adam Sandler, according to the suit.

And so, instead of acting concerned, he tried to turn the attack into a life lesson: "How many times do I have to tell you to be more aware of your surroundings?" The next day, he wired additional fencing to close the gap, and then everyone acted as if I hadn't been viciously attacked.