Example sentences for: wanton

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

  • In Bangladesh, the Daily Star called the U.S. missile attacks "utterly injudicious and irresponsible" and "a wanton display of vengeance by the world's only super-power."

  • The temple served a specific purpose, to host the New Year celebration to the God Amun who would be represented in both his positive form, Amun Ra — the sun god — and his negative form, Amun-Min — a lustful, wanton and outrageous demon.

  • A cover piece upbraids Clinton's generation for its wanton attitudes about sex.

  • I'm also, for better or worse, a creature of Western sensibilities, in which crude lines are customarily drawn between the murderous imperatives of battle and the wanton bloodlust of barbarism.

  • The larger point is that's it's all dashes and ellipses, skipping lightly along the surface of both Jackie's career and Hilary's noncareer, and wanton in its exploitation of both Elgar and MS to generate pathos and awe.


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