depraved; depraving
Examples of deprave in a Sentence
the belief that pornography depraves society as a whole
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Online court records show he is charged with first-degree murder dangerous depraved without premeditation.
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Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Trump's No Kings video was truly depraved.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio has played disturbed and depraved individuals in Scorsese’s films before, but Killers of the Flower Moon is something different.
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Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
This is especially true when the news operation is clearly on the side of righteousness against a policy as depraved this.
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David Zurawik,
baltimoresun.com,
15 June 2018
McDonagh complicates Mildred's story by showing how the lust for justice can grow depraved the longer it is denied — a favorite subject of dramatists going back to Aeschylus.
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Charles McNulty,
latimes.com,
1 Mar. 2018
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Kc Baker,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Murdering a teenaged iconic athlete shows how deeply depraved the Iranian leadership is.
—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Trump's No Kings video was truly depraved.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
DiCaprio has played disturbed and depraved individuals in Scorsese’s films before, but Killers of the Flower Moon is something different.
—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
This is especially true when the news operation is clearly on the side of righteousness against a policy as depraved this.
—
David Zurawik,
baltimoresun.com,
15 June 2018
McDonagh complicates Mildred's story by showing how the lust for justice can grow depraved the longer it is denied — a favorite subject of dramatists going back to Aeschylus.
—
Charles McNulty,
latimes.com,
1 Mar. 2018
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“Deprave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprave. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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