Sentence examples for to wanton from inspiring English sources

As flies to wanton boys, are we the gods!

The story wasn't a lament for female victimhood, but a warning to wanton girls to stay in line.

The powerlessness of the individual haunts his stories, the sense of citizens being to multinationals as flies to wanton boys.

But despite Goldman's success or, perhaps, because of it, the bank has come to symbolize for many a return to wanton Wall Street excess.

These books have all the visual smarts of film and the narrative smarts of literature, from hard-core realism to wanton fantasy.

The first phase of the trial, which took place over two months this year, centered on whether BP and its contractors were guilty of gross negligence — tantamount to wanton and reckless behavior — in causing the blowout of the Macondo well.

The judge said that the facts "do not support a finding of indifference to consequences, wanton or reckless disregard, heedless or wanton misconduct".

Syria's largest city is once again under bombardment: its residents are, once again, exposed to pitiless, wanton attack as the world looks on.

"Unfortunately, to consolidate and perpetuate their powers they opened the door of the administration to partisan cronies that would lead to corruption and wanton waste of cricket board finances and resources.

The notion that Pietersen does not care much, that he is indifferent to another seemingly wanton, infuriating dismissal, is wide of the mark.

What's most interesting to us here is a provision in the bill, which it's expected that President Bush will sign into law, that tells college campuses to rein in wanton P2P downloading.