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How do you use Venal in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like corruptible or dishonest, plus the exact meaning.

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Venal in a sentence

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Venal | Venality | Venallia

Venal meaning

Venous; pertaining to veins.

Synonyms of Venal

corruptible bribable dishonest purchasable corrupt

Related words

Other words often associated with Venal or its synonyms:

depraved ambidextrous fallacious debased deceitful vitiate perverse duplicitous crooked beguiling spoil dishonorable

Using Venal

  • The main meaning on this page is: Venous; pertaining to veins.
  • Useful related words include: corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable.
  • In the example corpus, venal often appears in combinations such as: venal and, and venal, by venal.

Context around Venal

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

veiny 1× corrupt 1× weaker 1×

Often after:

reprobates 1× megalomaniacs 1× system 1× members 1× villains 1× neck 1× amoral 1× easier 1× lord 1× friends 1×

Sentence patterns with Venal

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a corrupt venal amoral place 1× and a venal lord hertford 1× and his venal friends who 1× are both venal and extremely 1× are not venal megalomaniacs 1× by a venal and vicious 1× corrupt and venal system who 1× heroes and venal villains are 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

agreed but the 1× although his playing 1× but tropes of 1× contrary to what 1× he alas is 1× my lords the 1×

Common sentence endings:

and extremely violent 1× betray their country 1× bureaucrats runs deep 1× complete a sentence 1× easier to spread 1× is heir to 1×

Words around Venal

Just before it in the word index:

venaissin 2 venafi 2 venae 3 venado 2 venables 57 venable 27

Just after it in the word index:

venality 12 venallia 2 venancio 6 venango 4 venantius 4 venas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 21 abductees 21 abdulahi 21 abetment 21 abhors 21 ablution 21

Corpus analysis for Venal

  • In this selection, "venal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, veiny, corrupt, weaker, reprobates, megalomaniacs and system stand out and add context to how "venal" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a corrupt venal amoral place and and a venal lord hertford. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "venal" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with venal

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

You are both venal and extremely violent. (7 words)

Not just venal and narcissistic, but unable to complete a sentence. (11 words)

Agreed, but the Interwebs makes the stupid and venal easier to spread. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

He, alas, is desirous of sinking his teeth into Dr Fanning’s veiny, venal neck and duly does so, turning Fanning (Jamie McShane) into Patient Zero for a vampiric virus that carries the potential to save mankind from all the ills living flesh is heir to. (46 words)

My Lords, the Zimbabweans are a people of truly democratic spirit who are ruled by a venal and vicious mob of soldiers and policemen who have survived the demise of (the late former President) Robert Mugabe, to whom they owe their positions. (42 words)

Here was a venal and stupid crook who killed his own wife in the clumsiest of scams, and did so under the presumption that any Black man’s life was worth less than his own. (35 words)

Example sentences (16)

Here was a venal and stupid crook who killed his own wife in the clumsiest of scams, and did so under the presumption that any Black man’s life was worth less than his own.

Politicians of both parties are venal reprobates who parade with American flags on their chests as they betray their country.

You are both venal and extremely violent.

Contrary to what the subprime crisis, the Libor scandal and the periodic tax-dodging outrages might lead us to believe, they are not venal megalomaniacs.

It is always the individual citizens, unable to fight a corrupt and venal system, who suffer.

My Lords, the Zimbabweans are a people of truly democratic spirit who are ruled by a venal and vicious mob of soldiers and policemen who have survived the demise of (the late former President) Robert Mugabe, to whom they owe their positions.

Not just venal and narcissistic, but unable to complete a sentence.

She may be one of the most venal Members of Congress ever to serve there.

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But tropes of noble heroes and venal villains are not the best way of understanding the world.

He, alas, is desirous of sinking his teeth into Dr Fanning’s veiny, venal neck and duly does so, turning Fanning (Jamie McShane) into Patient Zero for a vampiric virus that carries the potential to save mankind from all the ills living flesh is heir to.

It’s a corrupt, venal, amoral place where pretty much any kind of behaviour, however disgusting, is tolerated if the dollars still pour in at the box office.

The notion of a “good ruler” in Beijing — a leader whose noble intentions are thwarted only by venal local bureaucrats — runs deep.

Agreed, but the Interwebs makes the stupid and venal easier to spread.

Similarly, John Basiulis plays Tom’s drunken father and a venal Lord Hertford.

So what he really means is that a ban on glyphosphate would be a disaster for him and his venal friends who dominate Brazil.

Although his playing evolved over the years, it was noted throughout for the tension between the idealistic aspects and the weaker, venal aspects of Macbeth's character.

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Common combinations with venal

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "venal" in a sentence?
An example: "Here was a venal and stupid crook who killed his own wife in the clumsiest of scams, and did so under the presumption that any Black man’s life was worth less than his own." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "venal" from authentic English texts.
What does "venal" mean?
Venal means: Venous; pertaining to veins.
What are synonyms of "venal"?
Common synonyms of "venal" include: corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, corrupt.
How many example sentences with "venal" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "venal", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.