Example Sentences

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Bardem, as always, understands the assignment, and his Jose, sadistically, instinctively autocratic, earns a place among the actor’s gallery of evil, alongside Anton Chigurh of “No Country for Old Men” and Raoul Silva of “Skyfall.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

All 39 sadistically satirical episodes are now available on 12 DVD discs to appreciate the Roy clan, owners of the New York City-based global media conglomerate Waystar Royco.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2023

"Innocent, moments before the great corruption," Miss Havisham intones, smiling sadistically a few beats later as she adds, "So, a common boy and a proud pretty girl. I want to watch you play."

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Observing me quail at the prospect of more, he plied me sadistically with an enmolada whose red mole contained the rarest, most expensive of all chiles: chilhuacle — stout, triangular and of impossible smokiness.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

He smiled—rather sadistically, Trigger felt—and added, "Till they've lived through one of them, that is."

From Legacy by Schmitz, James H.