Words similar to sadism

Example sentences for: sadism

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

)--is terrifying not just because it's sadistic but also because its sadism is suffused with righteousness.
Another reason the critics are letting Bloomfield get away with it: As the Truman Show also made clear this week, sadism makes for great television, and great television excuses everything.
The piece is full of chilling anecdotes about Serbs' "gratuitous sadism" and indifference to Kosovar suffering.
But otherwise there is some pleasant geometry, some mostly unremarkable portraits, some jazzy fashion shots that culminate in Helmut Newton's high-gloss simulated sadism.
You might call that "rain," but we don't . It provokes a mixture of sadism and sympathy from reporters, who proceed to turn the hapless flack into a human punching bag.