Example Sentences

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Wever imbues every word with a subtle nefariousness, bringing a depth to the film that it so desperately needs.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood, a sociologist at Tulane University who studies neo-charismatic Christianity, characterizes this thinking as “God can’t be wrong, so it must be some kind of human error or nefariousness or cheating.”

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024

“It’s a new technology and there’s a nefariousness behind it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022

He perceives the threat as simply a bunch of misbegotten souls motivated by genuine grievances that often stem from Western nefariousness.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2016

He defended himself manfully, and showed that in every question he had been on the side of righteousness and equity, that he had simply fought systematically against cruelty, oppression and nefariousness.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas