Sentence examples for extremely pernicious from inspiring English sources
In a conference call, Hina Shamsi, the director of the A.C.L.U.'s National Security Project, said the documents showed that the loosened rules had led to an "extremely pernicious" practice of ascribing propensity to crimes to people based on their ethnicity or religion.
When you have made a public and extremely risky stand against the pernicious regime ruling your country – which Flower and Henry Olonga did by sporting black armbands when playing for Zimbabwe in the 2003 World Cup – perspective on sporting matters may come more easily.
Such a pernicious cycle seems highly likely.
But the N.R.A., with its lucrative campaign coffers and fear-mongering, has long been extremely effective at keeping lawmakers in line with its pernicious agenda.
Photocatalysts for pollutant degradation have been extensively investigated but extremely challenging for practical applications, because the radicals formed on the catalyst surface are pernicious to organisms in the nature.
India's government, for example, tightly restricts land use, making new construction costly and modern housing extremely expensive.In rich countries restrictions on the supply of housing can be just as pernicious.
It's a pernicious relationship".
Alcoholism is ugly and pernicious".
And sentimentality can be pernicious.
Domestic abuse is pernicious.
