Sentence examples for nasty acts from inspiring English sources

And so, to the so-called evil characters (like Abnesti in this story), the bad things they do seem almost reasonable — as, I suspect, evil does, to the people doing it, in those large, catastrophic, genocidal moments that periodically mar life here on earth — and even in the small, nasty acts that mar life here on earth every day.

And while primate research can never be applied directly to human affairs, even when those humans are swinging from monkey bars, bully experts admit that children in groups will often encourage, or at least not discourage, a bully's nasty acts against an underling.

If we're dealing with the underbelly of California's criminal world, I'd expect to see some nasty acts like tonight's tooth-pulling.

"The most racist, nastiest act by this country, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki," he once said.

It was a nasty, grubby act that was high and arguably intentional.

Truly a nasty double act you wouldn't want to meet.

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it "snappy, nasty, deftly acted and perhaps the fastest paced film ever directed by a 78-year-old".

Without such a "nice cop, nasty cop" act, General Surayud's proposed forum would probably achieve little.ASEAN's secretary-general, Ong Keng Yong, and several member countries' senior ministers this week pointed to the country's various ethnic-minority insurgencies and gave overblown warnings of "another Iraq", should the regime change suddenly.

Massachusetts House lawmakers must pass the NASTY Women Act by July 31, when Massachusetts adjourns its legislative session.

In Massachusetts, the state Senate — which, like the state House, is dominated by Democrats — unanimously passed the NASTY Women Act in January.

— Massachusetts Senate President Harriette Chandler, who introduced the NASTY Women Act, a bill aimed at repealing a centuries-old state anti-abortion ban.