sadists
- plural of sadist.
Example Sentences
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Maybe we should just stop trying to define someone’s interests from afar, and labeling them as sadists when they make a choice that we find incomprehensible.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024
What I have noticed is that all of these lifting, pulling, pushing, stretching and bending exercises were designed by sadists.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2019
What kind of sadists would program seven of his films in a row?
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2018
It’s doubtful, though, that the Beard people will be able to peer into enough kitchens to guarantee that no future awards will go to sadists and creeps and career-killers.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018
The most pronounced childish egotists may become the most helpful and self-sacrificing citizens; the majority of idealists, humanitarians, and protectors of animals have developed from little sadists and animal tormentors.
From Reflections on War and Death by Freud, Sigmund
