Sentence examples for wicked cities from inspiring English sources

The origin of the road's regal name is said to stem back to a league of kings who advanced this way to wage war with the wicked Cities of the Plains -- the Old Testament cities of Sodom and Gomorrah -- which are thought to have lain along the Dead Sea.

"The appeal of movies was in the details of crime and high living and wicked cities and in the language of toughs and urchins; it was in the dirty smile of the city girl who lured the hero away from Janet Gaynor.

"But Manchester's a wicked city and a wicked festival.

Romanian fascism relied heavily on the support of landed peasants who distrusted the "wicked" city.

Tennessee Ernie Ford was vamped by a "wicked city woman" on "I Love Lucy".

Gossip began about what a wicked city Saint-Pierre had been, with its theatre and opera house.

We are the wicked city of Dis, as well as the Hellenizers and Philistines of the world.

There is a wondering priest (Benjamin Zephaniah) straight out of a Tom Waits video, telling anyone who'll listen that the almighty is coming to clean up their wicked city.

The moral issue revolves around whether Joe will stay true to his original dream or succumb to the rewards of life in the wicked city.

Ever in search of a compelling reason to escape country life, Jack invents a wicked city brother named Earnest whose indiscretions demand Jack's intermittent supervision.

According to the Times, Ferguson thought that "the whole trouble was that the convention was being held in New York, a wicked city".