Sentence examples for wanton behavior from inspiring English sources

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The vamps she portrays are never entirely heartless, and they usually atone for their wanton behavior with self-immolation.

Consider the frustrated driver who shouts to a cyclist, "Get on the sidewalk!" In Los Angeles, cyclists may ride on sidewalks unless they exhibit "willful" or "wanton" behavior.

Drug addiction is a "disease"; syphilis was rebranded from the price of wanton behavior to a "sexually transmitted disease" and more recently a "sexually transmitted infection".

She pays for her wanton behavior with her life, a trite ending that doesn't live up to most of this "Lulu," which so vibrantly explodes the clichés that have accumulated around her for more than 100 years.

At the very least, Zwick and his screenwriters don't yield to the temptation of the decadent form of the bio-pic: the shocked or reproachful revelation that a hero or heroine of art or science has feet of clay, whether earned through bilious ideas or wanton behavior.

Since Mr. Hook's death, on Nov. 22, furious United Nations workers in the West Bank and Gaza have accused the Israeli Army in an open letter of "senseless" and "wanton" behavior and cataloged what they say are repeated abuses and humiliations at the hands of its troops.

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In short, our Inner Child wants to feel attractive, healthy, and desirable, but our Outer Child (the head-strong self-saboteur) wants more brownies, and our Adult Self isn't strong enough yet to tame our Outer Child's wanton behaviors and give our Inner Child the benefits that really count.

Expecting to see the inspiration for Quagmire's wanton sexual behavior, they are surprised by Dan's stereotypically gay mannerisms and begin texting each other of how gay Dan is.

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 first will determine whether BP and its contractors were guilty of gross negligence — wanton and reckless behavior or disregard for reasonable care that is likely to cause harm or injury — in causing the accident.

If the trial opens next week, the first of two trial phases is expected to center on whether BP and its contractors were guilty of gross negligence — tantamount to wanton and reckless behavior, or conscious disregard for reasonable care that is likely to cause harm or injury — in causing the Macondo well blowout.

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