Sentence examples for be wanton from inspiring English sources

By Mildred Weston The New Yorker, April 27 , 1935P. 89 Be wanton, wind View Article By Rebecca Mead By Anthony Lane By Jia Tolentino By Alan Burdick.

By Mildred Weston The New Yorker, April 27 , 1935P. 89 Be wanton, wind View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By John Cassidy By George Packer.

"Simply for reasons of sentiment and piety, it would be wanton to destroy it," he said of Carnegie Hall at the time.

Then there is wanton destruction.

It was wanton, craven and totally delicious.

The killing was wanton and opportunistic; Pearl just happened to be available to him.

The judge in the case decided he had been "wanton and reckless" and had increased the danger for others.

A persistent ambiguity in the novel is whether the woman being wanton is his own mother, and whether the man who first beats her, then has intercourse with her, is his uncle.

Maybe next to each other they show the way an earthquake is wanton and random — though that random part is not quite, especially in terms of the aftermath, as we know that poverty makes things worse.

François is troubled — he's wanton and cruel and, though he's desperate for love and finally gets some in his new home, his wild streak surges forth to devastating effect.

I was wanton, almost a caricature, a porno fantasy, a make-believe slut.