Sentence examples for evil years from inspiring English sources

During the period following Otakar's death (remembered as the "evil years"), Wenceslas was a mere puppet in the hands of ambitious lords, but in 1290 he emancipated himself from the tutelage and ruled with more success than had his father.

At U Fleku, historical records show, they began to brew beer no later than 1499, and only the evil years of the Thirty Years' War interrupted production of the dark brew for which it is famous.

At least there was a sign Tuesday that baseball did learn something from its steroid era, writes Jeff Passan on Yahoo.com, because the concussion treatment protocol Major League Baseball announced is a definite step up from the see-no-evil years.

IT must get exhausting, inventing monstrous evils year in and year out, especially the sort of ancient, supernatural forces that start by insinuating themselves into the fabric of everyday life and grow to threaten everything sane and decent before being vanquished, against all odds, by a valiant band of unlikely heroes.

In researching the Spy Museum's newest exhibition, "Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains", we've uncovered the power that Ian Fleming and his characters have to teach us.

A newspaperman (and the viewer) has learned from James Stewart the truth about who really gunned down the evil Valance years before.

Visitors, he said, are lining up to purchase tickets that retail for $20.95 to experience such exhibits as "Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains".

We'll admit we were skeptical about "The Hangover" director taking on a DC property — but if the film is anything like the trailer, it seems the gritty origin story of how the villain came to evil after years of mockery might actually be kind of moving.

Evil 10-year-olds; evil caretakers; perfect victims.

Their lives are intertwined, but what they don't know is that they're all being manipulated by the deranged ghost of an evil 500-year-old jester.

"Time and again they said to me: 'I knew I shouldn't, but I had to weigh it up against what was happening, and it was the lesser of two evils.' Years later many of these women are still ashamed of themselves.