Example sentences for: nefarious

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

  • ) A piece on cloning argues that 1) parents wouldn't use cloned children for nefarious purposes and 2) in vitro fertilization already violates nature's laws as much as cloning would.

  • Nowhere does Slate prove that the following definition (from the "Anti-Semitism" ) has anything to do with the examples cited in Mr. Buchanan's book: "[Anti-Semitism] is an ideology--an interlocked set of principles and prejudices--in which certain nefarious traits or practices are ascribed to Jews as a people, even when few Jews exhibit those traits or when other people engage in those practices."

  • It's really about the decline of loyalty among former Clinton aides like George Stephanopoulos and Leon Panetta, and the nefarious spread of atomistic individuals loyal to an abstract, "uniform set of principles" such as "impartial truth."

  • Third, cat's-paw dates from the late 18th century as a dupe, a person used by another as an unsuspecting agent, or tool, especially in nefarious transactions.

  • It is true though that the Internet is well-suited to these nefarious tasks with its ability to reach out to more easy marks.


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