How to Use impunity in a Sentence
impunity
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So why can the Dodgers spend with impunity?
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
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In any case, all of these recipes can be doubled with impunity.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
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Weaver has alleged that he and his mates were abused with impunity.
—Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
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There’s something about it that gives you a sense of impunity.
—Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 June 2018
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The culture of impunity runs from the bottom to the top.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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There will no longer be impunity for his crimes and corruption.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
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Only my spouse gets to ignore my word with impunity.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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No, not the kind of power that politicians wield with impunity.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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All of it, instead, is about who will be able to steal the most with the greatest impunity.
—Dave Goldiner, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
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Both are also always a threat to rip the ball away or swat a shot with impunity and start an odd-man break.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Those things are done with impunity in America, and none of it is new.
—Linda Tirado, The New Republic, 4 June 2020
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But more mundane episodes of impunity were born of the same dynamic.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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What are these celebrities for if not to flaunt luxury and impunity?
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
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Now drone swarms attack across borders with impunity.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
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This was a small-scale scheme, but it was nonetheless treated with impunity.
—Sam Sweeney, National Review, 21 Jan. 2023
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Not that long ago, headline writers and commenters threw that world around with impunity.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
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Maybe the helicopters can shoot at the drones with impunity, but maybe they themselves will be shot down.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Across the country, there are exceptions to the rule of impunity.
—Scott Bronstein, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
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There must be an end to the impunity that, for far too long, has enabled this regime to commit crimes like at home and abroad.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Now if the district pushes to reopen high schools, the union can call a strike with impunity and shut down all schools.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2021
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Without the courts, the country would be at the mercy of politicians who could act with impunity.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
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Priests and bishops abused the sacred trust of children and others for years with impunity.
—Mary Jo McConahay, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Josh Jackson has been attacking the rim with impunity off of the bench.
—Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
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Without the eyes of the bureau on them, the night riders attacked with impunity.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
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India and Turkey ride roughshod over the rule of law daily with impunity.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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When public agencies flout the public records law with such impunity, newsrooms are forced to turn to the courts.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2021
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And yet, Britain’s reluctance to act is likely to lead to impunity.
—The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
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This ethos is not about vengeance, brutality, or impunity.
—Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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The military police could kick down any door with impunity, and the new band had to play in secrecy.
—Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
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Epstein had set up a rape island where rich and powerful men were abusing young girls with impunity.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
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