How to Use impunity in a Sentence

impunity

noun
  • Weaver has alleged that he and his mates were abused with impunity.
    Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
  • There’s something about it that gives you a sense of impunity.
    Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 June 2018
  • In any case, all of these recipes can be doubled with impunity.
    Beth Segal, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Across the country, there are exceptions to the rule of impunity.
    Scott Bronstein, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Without the eyes of the bureau on them, the night riders attacked with impunity.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Josh Jackson has been attacking the rim with impunity off of the bench.
    Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Many of the sellers of these products appeared to be openly flouting the law with impunity.
    Nicholas Florko, STAT, 27 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The nightclub cluster also highlights the impunity of the rich in a country with one of the largest wealth gaps among major economies.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
  • What are these celebrities for if not to flaunt luxury and impunity?
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Those things are done with impunity in America, and none of it is new.
    Linda Tirado, The New Republic, 4 June 2020
  • Some activists linked the killings to a culture of violence in which the police are allowed to act with impunity.
    New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • First, colleges will no longer be able to raise tuition by the amount of the government subsidy with impunity.
    WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • Purdue would like to shoot with impunity from 3-point range.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2018
  • At certain times, men get away with rape and murder with complete impunity.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Colvin’s killing and the impunity of her killers would wreak havoc on these expectations.
    Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2018
  • And yet, Britain’s reluctance to act is likely to lead to impunity.
    The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • This was a small-scale scheme, but it was nonetheless treated with impunity.
    Sam Sweeney, National Review, 21 Jan. 2023
  • As if the rampant killings of black men at the hands of police—with impunity—are a figment of our imaginations.
    Monique Judge, The Root, 31 May 2018
  • Yet the principle at stake here is not equality but impunity.
    Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Does it make sense that a person can burn an American flag with impunity but not a gay-pride flag?
    Myron Magnet, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The hasty British withdrawal left the field clear for anyone to loot, burn, rape and murder with impunity.
    From Cnn Opinion, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • For now, those leaders are holding on to power -- and are still acting with impunity.
    Mohamad Bazzi, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The days when tech companies could grow with absolute impunity may well be numbered.
    Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 5 June 2018
  • Fold too often, and your opponent can bluff with impunity.
    Maria Konnikova, Wired, 23 June 2020
  • This does not mean people from other countries can commit crimes with impunity.
    Reader Staff, Chicago Reader, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The problem is, judges, do too, often with impunity and at a terrible cost.
    Brian Roberts, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021

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