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Example sentences for: venal

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Confederate apologists, who wrote the first round of histories of the South, portrayed slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution (for more on this topic, see "") and painted the carpetbaggers as venal and corrupt interlopers.
Noting the similarities, one astute fraygrant suggested restricting more civilized, high-minded debate to "Politics" and reserving "Clinton" for equally important venal, mean-spirited exchanges.
At least The Muse tackles this subject head on--the loss of one's way in a culture as venal as Hollywood's.
Once the North and Poindexter convictions were thrown out, there was little point in his trying to lock up other officials whose behavior, while far from exemplary, was neither venal nor as outrageous as that of the ringleaders going free.
Because Diana allegedly was hounded to her death by photographers, displaying or even looking at pictures of this kind was interpreted by commentators as venal: an assault on Diana's memory, if not an endorsement of the crime.