Example sentences for: venal

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

  • But no one seems to care any more about influence peddling, a category of sleaze that is equally pervasive, arguably more venal, and much more easily cured.

  • (The black carpetbaggers, who ruled parts of the South following the Civil War, were sincere democrats, he proved, not venal dictators.)

  • His venal dictatorship made it possible for him to invest some $300 million abroad by 1959.

  • I portrayed Tyrrell as a venal checkbook journalist who was ready to pay the Arkansas troopers for their story.

  • 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.


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