Example Sentences

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Later we’ll hear a young oligarch say, while chuckling nefariously, “I have a banker’s personality. I love money!”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The probe alleged that Powell was somehow acting nefariously in his oversight of the renovation at the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in D.C.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

In a two-star review, the Telegraph's Robbie Collin called it a "nefariously lazy" adaptation that is little more than a "half-hearted parody of a whodunnit".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Macbeth laments that the crown he has nefariously won is “fruitless.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

It has occurred to me, father," he said, "that although the whole earth has been so nefariously divided among the few, the waters at least are the property of all.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur