malignities
- plural of malignity.
Example Sentences
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A dozen, a score of the pallid malignities seemed to pour in toward the center of the grove, where John Parry’s ghost marshaled his companions to fight them off.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Ill-natured tittle-tattle, which should have been instantly nipped in the bud, had been allowed to assume disgraceful proportions; and the Throne itself had become involved in the personal malignities of the palace.
From Queen Victoria by Strachey, Giles Lytton
The believer in these processes thinks that certain acts possess particular efficacies beyond those evident to his observation and reason; and that peculiar malignities are to be expected as the consequence of certain other acts.
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
Magnificent as was his defence, it availed him nothing against such a combination of malignities; even his few friends, losing courage, failed to support him.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
Kultur can by no means dispense with passions, vices and malignities.
From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 The First Twelve Months of War by Raemaekers, Louis
