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Example sentences for: evil

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

If a person covets or is envious of a child he or she may give that child the evil eye.
So of course you are right; "simple" mechanical failure is scarier than terrorism because it connotes a level of indifference that is no less evil than overt terrorism but far more insidious.
Herbal water, holy water, or alcohol is sprinkled over the person in the form of a cross, and the healer’s hands are used to sweep along the whole body, pushing away the evil spirits.
Because, like many evil dictators, he learned from the absolute best: los Federales de Los Estados Unidos, as the good ol' boys in the expertly trained death squads of Central America like to affectionately call them.
On the positive side: It's a compelling document "of a life marked by high seriousness, good conscience and an utter refusal to submit to evil and oppression" (Jonathan Groner, the Washington Post Book World ), and upon reading it you "become persuaded that something about his combination of seeming innocence and moral honesty has the power to move if not mountains then those who have the most power" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, the New York Times ). But complaints against the book are uniform: 1) This volume "feels anti-climactic" (Duane Davis, Denver Rocky Mountain News ) when compared with his first because it lacks the kind of compelling events that shaped his early life.