Sentence examples for were wanton from inspiring English sources

His dismissals, frequently, were wanton, springing traps that owed nothing to subtlety and everything to his inability to appear affected by any bowler or captain.

Both visions were fantasies gauged to deep-seated needs; both leaned heavily on sexual stereotypes; both were at their apex in the 1930's and 40's when men wore hats and women were wanton or just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Critics have slammed Future media for one-sided attacks against Syria and its Lebanese allies, implying they're behind Hariri's murder, while supporters have defended the media's right to free speech and expression, adding that last week's attacks were wanton acts of violence by hired thugs.

Then there is wanton destruction.

It was wanton, craven and totally delicious.

The killing was wanton and opportunistic; Pearl just happened to be available to him.

By Mildred Weston The New Yorker, April 27 , 1935P. 89 Be wanton, wind View Article By Rebecca Mead By Anthony Lane By Jia Tolentino By Alan Burdick.

The judge in the case decided he had been "wanton and reckless" and had increased the danger for others.

By Mildred Weston The New Yorker, April 27 , 1935P. 89 Be wanton, wind View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By John Cassidy By George Packer.

A persistent ambiguity in the novel is whether the woman being wanton is his own mother, and whether the man who first beats her, then has intercourse with her, is his uncle.

Maybe next to each other they show the way an earthquake is wanton and random — though that random part is not quite, especially in terms of the aftermath, as we know that poverty makes things worse.