Example sentences for: depravity

How can you use “depravity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He also painted a chilling picture of corruption and depravity in Baghdad and claimed to have evidence that Saddam Hussein recently seduced the son of his latest wife, Samira Shabandar.

  • While Ted Koppel speculated about whether the president considered oral sex to be sex and Newsweek reported the possible existence of a semen-stained dress, the tabloid cover stories on the newsstands were: Jerry Springer ( Star ), JonBenet Ramsey ( Globe ), and Michael Jackson ( National Enquirer ). The big question this week was: Could the tabs reclaim their territory--the depravity and hypocrisy of the celebrated--in the face of the onslaught from the respectable press?

  • Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."

  • New York, the very symbol of godless depravity, is perfectly average when it comes to extralegal slaughter.

  • It's easy to interpret this as popular depravity, but the matter is not so simple.


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