Sentence examples for vicious a from inspiring English sources

You knew it was a tragedy, but you had no idea how vicious a tragedy it was.

Bangladeshi politics are vicious, a fight for state patronage made desperate by the knowledge that none of the loot will be shared.

Inside on the wall is a silkscreen multiple image of Sid Vicious, a former resident of the hotel who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in a room downstairs.

"Many gay people, especially those who've been in relationships for many years, will be pleased to see their lives reflected in the characters in Vicious," a spokesmen for Stonewall said.

Its decor – a lifesize cardboard Sid Vicious, a motorbike in the eves, a skeleton tangled-up in barbed-wire in the cobbled beer garden – should give you a feel for this earthy, hard-drinking joint.

It was run by a cruel but loyal underling, Pedro Estrada, whom Hubert Herring in "The History of Latin America From the Beginnings to the Present" called "as vicious a manhunter as Hitler ever employed".

In March 1977, at the height of punk, Harris was assaulted by a refreshed Sid Vicious; a year later, Harris exited the Test, replaced by the altogether more punk-friendly Annie Nightingale.

A vicious pedigree for a vicious machine.

Cointelpro, however vicious, was a sideshow.

Sid Vicious was a massive fan.

It turned vicious as a result".