Sentence examples for wickedness for from inspiring English sources

To bear witness to a numbingly long series of violations of a child by a man who has honed his wickedness for decades is not more pleasant than it sounds.

Trachtenberg, whose previous work, "The Book of Calamities," explored the varietiesof human suffering, may at first seem to have traded woe and wickedness for cuteness, but make no mistake: his feet remain planted firmly in the shadows.

It is my duty as a Christian and it's the least I can do after the great wickedness for which I'm responsible.

In practice, this means doing the dirty work for Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a restaurateur with fingers in many unpalatable pies, and for Semyon's son Kirill (Vincent Cassel), a cringer almost too weak for wickedness.

Do we judge by his capacity for wickedness, or the nobility of his resistance?

The usual portal for wickedness and darkness in modern American horror fiction is youthful sexuality.

But Mr Garner's eyes gleam as if appreciating the potential the past has for wickedness.

Even in our earliest folklore, night is a proxy for wickedness, worthy of trepidation.

Forget the endless lies, the leaders in power who insist that everyone must forget, forget their weakness, wickedness, and ineptitude… For our own survival, let us forget".

The paradox between cats' cute outward appearance and inward capacity for wickedness (or at least sofa destruction) is crucial to their place in Japanese folklore.

The group's live shows are equal parts shenanigans and musicianship, and the potential for wickedness may increase exponentially at Friday night's midnight show in support of the newest Shivers album, "Nobody Loves You Like We Do".