Sample Sentences for
nefarious
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    What she had made was called a grappling hook, which is something used for climbing up the sides of buildings, usually for a nefarious purpose.  (source)
    nefarious = criminal
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    It was difficult for those with nefarious purposes to pry into its inner workings.  (source)
    nefarious = malicious or criminal
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    He was stopped before he could do something more nefarious.  (source)
    nefarious = evil or harmful
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    But she was still dazed by what she had learned about the nefarious goings-on in the squares, and as she drove around them this sunny noontime in May, she did a little timid sleuthing.  (source)
    nefarious = evil, malicious, or criminal in nature
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    She told Aunt Mary—I think I read this too, nefariously, in some letter in a blotting book, she could only be neat and tidy now; she was to float us on the life of love; to launch us out on the ordinary woman's life that promised such treasures.†  (source)
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    She trusted Kalden, and couldn't believe he had any nefarious intentions.  (source)
    nefarious = evil or malicious
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    Some deaths were more nefarious than others.†  (source)
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    Over the years, Steve and I had gotten pretty good at spotting what we called "nefarious activity."†  (source)
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    Are you two boys plotting something nefarious?†  (source)
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    I figured we were close to the end of Heimdall's attention span, but I told him about Loki's nefarious wedding plans, the Skofnung Sword and Stone, the deadline of three more days, and Goat-Killer, who might or might not be on our side, telling us to find Heimdall and ask for directions.†  (source)
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    The Criminal Element spoke often, and passionately, about the nefarious activities that every human being is capable of.†  (source)
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    Each plane failed for a different reason, and none of them indicate any pattern of sabotage or nefarious activity.†  (source)
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    Like his lesser satellites, over the years Tom-Carl had assumed an ill-fitting air of respectability and did not care to be reminded of his nefarious beginnings.†  (source)
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