(1) For here we see the depravity to which man can sink, the barbarity that unfolds when we begin to see our fellow human beings as somehow less than us, less worthy of dignity and life; we see how evil can, for a moment in time, triumph when good people do nothing."
(2) The comments emerged in an article about last year’s Manchester Pride event, which was described in the Christian Soldiers newsletter as an “annual parade of depravity”.
(3) It’s a sign there is an utter ruthlessness and depravity about this movement which is hideous and sickening and deplorable.
(4) The charges range from second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.
(5) People have, of course, always committed depraved and evil acts, but simply to say “It has always happened” does not explain what is distinctive about contemporary terrorism.
(6) Shortly before 9pm on Wednesday, her voice cracking with emotion, the prime minister confirmed that what she called the “sick and depraved” attack had been carried out by a single assailant.
(7) The fighting has often slid into horror and depravity over the past 22 months.
(8) It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.” Trump later pledged in the statement “to do everything in my power throughout my presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good”.
(9) A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art.
(10) "[Eady] in effect ruled that it is perfectly acceptable for the multimillionaire head of a multibillion sport that is followed by countless young people to pay five women £2,500 to take part in acts of unimaginable sexual depravity with him," he said.
(11) I used to be so scared when going out in the deserted fields in the dark, because I could be attacked any time by depraved criminals,” she said.
(12) The film could be said to mark the moment when the favela – previously a byword for criminality, sickness and moral depravity – started to become “chic”.
(13) After nearly a decade of supporting roles in mostly decent movies – you could also add to the list Up In The Air, Paul, Hancock, and State Of Play – Bateman has finally worked his way up to leading-man status – albeit as a straight-seeming guy who gets away with improbable and morally depraved acts.
(14) From the depraved dregs of humanity; the glorious blossoming of hope, a tangible act of togetherness; the salvation of pop.
(15) During this time 101 patients died (23.2%), with whom severeness of disease as well as the extent of social depravation could be identified as factors influencing mortality.
(16) "This is yet another example of the depraved behaviour of the Syrian regime, and why it must go.
(17) In contrast to premeditated homicide, a first-degree charge, depraved heart murder alleges the suspect actions were predicated by recklessness – and not caring about that recklessness – rather than intent.
(18) Bateman always comes across as the sanest, smartest, straightest guy in the movie even though his characters regularly commit acts of either moral depravity or wild improbability, or both.
(19) If the shooting down of the aeroplane was wild, reckless and tragic then the behaviour of the rebels in the aftermath has been depraved.
(20) As we’ve seen so tragically – from Brussels to Istanbul to Iraq, where Isil slaughtered children watching soccer – these depraved terrorists still have the ability to inflict horrific violence on the innocent, to the revulsion of the entire world,” he said.
Flagrant
Definition:
(a.) Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
(a.) Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.
(a.) Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.
Example Sentences:
(1) But like so many of his colleagues in the Trump administration , Spicer has shown us how unconsciousness and stupidity can, however paradoxically, assume a Machiavellian function – how a flagrant example of gross insensitivity and flat-out odiousness can serve as yet another useful and convenient distraction.
(2) But in Vietnam many white soldiers flagrantly applauded his murder.
(3) Even if the bill were law and covered flagrant policy U-turns (it won't), the NUS strategy might not work.
(4) Save for eurobonds, there could be no more flagrant violation of the "no bail" clause of article 125.
(5) Parliament was asked to join an international coalition led by a US Democrat president, whose aim, a firm response to a flagrant breach of international law, was supported by most European nations and many Middle Eastern ones.
(6) It is about a flagrant disregard for the law by people arrogant enough to believe they can get away with it.
(7) Mitting upheld the ruling by the European court of human rights last year that Qatada would face a "flagrant denial of justice" if he were sent back to Jordan to face trial.
(8) The European court's decision in the el-Masri case is a clarion call for accountability for the flagrantly illegal CIA rendition program.
(9) Comments by Margot Wallström, the foreign minister, represented a “flagrant interference in internal affairs, which is not accepted in international conventions,” it added, according to an official statement carried by state news agency SPA.
(10) With the Spurs ahead by two with less than seven minutes on the clock, Parker uncharacteristically missed both free-throws awarded for a flagrant foul by Mario Chalmers, then Tim Duncan promptly squandered two more.
(11) The “flagrant attack was an attempt to undermine the efforts of the army as the only effective force capable with its allies … in fighting terrorism across its territory”, the statement said.
(12) This refers to isolated incidents only and does not excuse or protect those who flagrantly or repeatedly violate the College Alcohol Policy.
(13) The resolution condemned all Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory as a “flagrant violation” of international law that imperilled a future two-state peace.
(14) This is further evidence that the EU needs to stand firm on Hungary’s flagrant disregard for European and international law.” People seeking asylum cannot currently be detained in the so-called “transit zones” along Hungary’s border with Serbia for more than four weeks, after which they must be allowed inside the country.
(15) In a statement, the ministry said the journalist had waited five days before converting his initial entry visa into a multi-entry visa – "a flagrant violation".
(16) The flagrant abuse of human rights – extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, forced exile, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of journalists, political opponents and gay people – went on with impunity.
(17) That way we can free up the Court to concentrate on the worst, most flagrant human rights violations – and to challenge national courts when they clearly haven't followed the Convention.
(18) But a blend of opportunism on the right that flagrantly mischaracterises the issue, and spinelessness on the left that refuses to address it.
(19) Syrian and Russian forces have been deliberately attacking health facilities in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
(20) This inappropriate use of statistics represents a flagrant disregard of the scientific method of problem solving.