Sentence examples for wicked from from inspiring English sources

This sentence from "Tinkers," by Paul Harding, shows how taking time to find the right verb pays off: "The forest had nearly wicked from me that tiny germ of heat allotted to each person…." Wick is an evocative word that nicely gets across the essence of a more commonplace verb like sucked or drained.

He turned to Psalm 64 and read: Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From that noisy crowd of evildoers, Who sharpen their tongues like swords And aim their words like deadly arrows.

Conlan's story allows for extensive dialogues that document the environmental effects of mountaintop-removal mining and the mining company's economic hold over the local population — though to call them dialogues would be stretching things a bit, since only Conlan, wicked from the moment of her entrance, gets to argue the company's side.

Noah is the story about a man who is chosen by the Creator to undertake a momentous mission to rescue the innocent before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the wicked from the world.

After two minutes, fluid was once again wicked from the basal turn of the cochlea and replaced with 10percentt neomycin to acutely deafen the feline.

However, many homes were submerged for weeks after Hurricane Katrina; although the water may have only wicked from the water line to the first 1.2 m, the homes were usually closed and the summer heat resulted in humidity levels similar to that of a terrarium.

Ms. Holzer inscribed granite paving stones with various phrases from legal history, including a wicked aperçu from Justice Felix Frankfurter: "It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people").

Hitler relied on a conspiracy of silence to achieve his unparalleled slaughter – the same wicked acquiescence from witnesses and bystanders that emboldened subsequent tyrants, like Bashar Assad.

There would also be a wicked cross from Gary Naysmith on the left, with which McFadden just failed to connect four yards from goal.

The notion that there is a thing called evil which separates the wicked off from the rest of us is a comforting illusion.

Craig White tried his damnedest to play the required captain's innings but he could do absolutely nothing about a wicked shooter from the admirable Paul Franks.