Example sentences for: wanton

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

  • 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.

  • In the 1880s the government banned this apparently wanton impoverishment, but the Kwakiutl, for whom wealth was measured by what they could give away, continued the practice clandestinely, disguising it as the distribution of Christmas presents.

  • 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.

  • That gesture forever branded her as wanton, but it was Clinton who wanted.

  • So, if you're interested in online gaming and/or wanton self-destruction, deal yourself in before it's too late.


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