How do you use Malevolence in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like malignity or hate, plus the exact meaning.
Malevolence in a sentence
Malevolence meaning
- Hostile attitude or feeling.
- Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
Using Malevolence
- The main meaning on this page is: Hostile attitude or feeling. | Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
- Useful related words include: malignity, hate, hatred, benevolence.
- In the example corpus, malevolence often appears in combinations such as: malevolence and, of malevolence, the malevolence.
Context around Malevolence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Malevolence
- In this selection, "malevolence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, true, displays, era, exists, tends and towards stand out and add context to how "malevolence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aggression and malevolence and announced his malevolence in earnest. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "malevolence" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with malevolence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their facial expressions depict gleeful malevolence. (6 words)
In the Internet era, malevolence tends to echo. (8 words)
The latter reveals sharply the malevolence of the Trump phenomenon. (10 words)
Witchcraft of a more benign and socially acceptable sort may then be employed to turn the malevolence aside, or identify the supposed evil-doer so that punishment may be carried out. (31 words)
While the Force can be used for good, known as the light side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression, and malevolence. (29 words)
The progress of the story leads to the character learning the nature of the unknown forces against him, that they constitute a force with great power and malevolence. (28 words)
Example sentences (18)
What they lack in integrity they make up for in malevolence and it's simply unthinkable that the U.S. government would be in their hands.
The king was alerted to the true malevolence that had infested his kingdom sparked by the vindictive Haman — and he immediately set the situation aright.
Constitutional morality is passé, immorality legitimised, rights trampled, hate-speech mainstreamed, governance displays malevolence and vengeance… then, rhetorical questions reveal more than the answers.
In fact, this type of ‘malevolence’ exists universally wherever there is a tradition of magic.
The latter reveals sharply the malevolence of the Trump phenomenon.
He announced his malevolence in earnest and in such decisiveness as magnified in the Midlands and Matabeleland massacres, known as Gukurahundi.
In the Internet era, malevolence tends to echo.
That they, unlike him, understand that Israel was created not out of western benevolence towards Jews, but out of western malevolence towards “lesser peoples”.
He was still a little campy but combined that campiness with pure malevolence.
Someone said last year his administration is a blend of malevolence and incompetence," Gore said in an interview with The Associated Press in Greensboro.
Lamia bore the title "child killer" and was feared for her malevolence, like Lilith.
Some went on to explain that it was like the actor maintaining obedience depending upon the benevolence or malevolence of his practice.
The Greek terms do not have any connotations of evil or malevolence.
Their facial expressions depict gleeful malevolence.
The progress of the story leads to the character learning the nature of the unknown forces against him, that they constitute a force with great power and malevolence.
Vickers, pp. 178–179 Later royal biographer Hugo Vickers called Blum a "Satanic figure … wearing the mantle of good intention to disguise her inner malevolence".
While the Force can be used for good, known as the light side, it also has a dark side that, when pursued, imbues users with hatred, aggression, and malevolence.
Witchcraft of a more benign and socially acceptable sort may then be employed to turn the malevolence aside, or identify the supposed evil-doer so that punishment may be carried out.
Common combinations with malevolence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- malevolence and 3×
- of malevolence 2×
- the malevolence 2×
- malevolence of 2×
- or malevolence 2×
- and malevolence 2×