How to Use evil in a Sentence

evil

1 of 2 adjective
  • It was an evil omen.
  • The city has fallen on evil days.
  • She drank an evil potion.
  • In James’s mind, the evil forces in the world were set on his murder.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Carbs are not evil, as you may have been taught to believe.
    — Women's Health, 1 May 2023
  • The 13-year-old has something unique about him, and with his lovable pals, takes on the evil Weaver.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, one of the concerns is that there's sort of a new axis of evil forming.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The worst was the evil man who perpetrated a hate crime...
    — Donna McGuire, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Most don white tenugui scarves on their heads and amulets to ward off sharks and evil deities lurking in the sea.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
  • Two of the evil Queen Beryl's lackeys, Kunzite and Zoisite, were gay male lovers.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 30 June 2017
  • Once he’s gone, every evil thing on the map resurfaces.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In West Africa, they were believed to be good luck charms to ward off evil spirits, thanks to the eye in the center of the bean.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, Chron, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In a movie, this role is the evil adversary (e.g., Darth Vader in Star Wars).
    — Neha Sangwan, Fortune Well, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Judy and her babysitter must fight off the evil spirits and try not to get possessed.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Like the movie itself, the performance doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel in terms of how a good man goes evil.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • For all that, Karens for Hire promises to harness the power of Karens for good, not evil.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This horror-comedy puts a new spin on the evil child trope.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The intense struggle between good and evil grips my heart.
    — The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Aug. 2020
  • It’s also believed that the fire will drive away evil spirits.
    — Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The two found treasures take Mary above the clouds to a magical school that is threatened by an evil force.
    — Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
  • In Arabic folklore, a ghoul is an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The second part is set in the '70s and takes place at Camp Nightwing, a summer camp terrorized by an evil killer.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Still, that’s the fun of the game — learning which reality stars are ready to get evil and which ones should have stayed on the yacht.
    — Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps there could be an evil Loki variant who pushes the good one off the throne?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • One of them had to rescue the mom from a pack of deranged do-gooders, who told her adoption was evil.
    — Joy Woodson, Parents, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Bad choices can result in evil acts.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
  • An evil supernatural force begins to target people close to her.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Athena does a sapphire evil-eye look that is super-duper polished.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The details in the Russian collusion hoax file is demonic—this is evil stuff.
    — FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • After her father’s death, Sophie is forced to work as a maid by an evil stepmother.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 Jan. 2026

evil

2 of 2 noun
  • But the state lies in all the tongues of good and evil.
    — Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • It’s the fear of the loss of power that lets the evil in.
    — John Dos Passos, National Review, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The tongue is also a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The hatred, the anger, the evil that spewed from his mouth.
    — Christian Boone, ajc, 25 June 2018
  • The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2022
  • There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.
    — oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Yes, the Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021
  • But all this, even, is not the full extent of the evil.
    — Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 15 June 2018
  • Shows how much good there is amongst the evil that goes on.
    — Gillian Edevane, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As with King, the source of all evil is a backyard shed.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Alas, evil is stronger than that, and the wheel keeps turning.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 24 May 2023
  • An evil to be overcome, along with the whole host of them.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Helly, the innie, knows first hand that all of this is wrong and evil.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 8 Apr. 2022
  • It’s the kind of evil that exists as a force of nature.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2021
  • But, at the end of the day, look, weakness arouses evil.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Gonzales-Day’s art is the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Some think our ideas are not just wrong, but racist and evil.
    — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • This was a very large act of evil, for lack of a better term.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • For their part, the bad guys run a gamut from hapless to pure evil.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • Also in theaters, find out the roots of the evil that is the Omen franchise in The First Omen.
    — EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Many have come to regard the email scourge as an evil of the modern age.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 May 2017
  • This group is for those who wish to speak out about the evils of Islam.
    — oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In the same house, there is a box of jewelry and amulets to ward off evil.
    — John Hooper, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2020
  • To counteract, throw a pinch over your left shoulder to ward off evil.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Sociologists and philosophers have studied the questions around good and evil for centuries.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Jews did not believe that kids were naturally inclined toward evil.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • What are these if not resistive practices against evil?
    — Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Sumo wrestlers participated in a ritual to expel evil from the grounds.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The urge to brand those of opposing views as evil and out to destroy the country are too great to resist, sadly.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026

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