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  • His Holiness was the most nefarious deceiver the church had ever seen.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • 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)
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  • She trusted Kalden, and couldn't believe he had any nefarious intentions.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • Words like: viscous, impunity, paroxysm, unctuous, nefarious, onanistic, perfidious, lugubrious.†  (source)
  • I wondered if I'd become so nefarious come October, I'd be some frat boy's tasteless Halloween costume: mop of blond hair, an Amazing Amy book tucked under an armpit.†  (source)
  • Are you two boys plotting something nefarious?†  (source)
  • Come, my faux juggernaut, my nefarious loins!†  (source)
  • Over the years, Steve and I had gotten pretty good at spotting what we called "nefarious activity."†  (source)
  • The Criminal Element spoke often, and passionately, about the nefarious activities that every human being is capable of.†  (source)
  • 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)
  • "Whatever nefarious end the wights are seeking," Addison said, "it's clear that they need all the ymbrynes to accomplish it.†  (source)
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