How to Use malicious in a Sentence

malicious

adjective

• The call was fake, a malicious hoax.
  — Charles Minshew, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• What is the most malicious thing that could come out of this work?
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026
• What is the most malicious thing that could come out of this work?
  — ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
• Most of the risk in this space does not come from malicious systems.
  — Ariel Zamir, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• There are a few of them that are malicious nowadays.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• The site may prompt you to download a malicious file.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
• The malicious program’s name comes from the name of this file.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
• None of it was with malicious intent.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
• The malicious code was emailed to its victims inside a zip file.
  — Leah Becerra, kansascity.com, 16 May 2017
• There was no malicious intent, and the adult male is not being charged.
  — Jenna Sundel amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
• That does not just screen out malicious bots, but also helps digitise books.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
• Some of these calls could be from pranksters, while others are from malicious actors.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 21 Sep. 2022
• Not all critics of today’s norms are malicious, or even wrong.
  — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• Users who click on the link open the malicious page or resource rather than the one that appears to be safe.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2019
• That was a malicious rumor born in the fever swamps of the message board 4chan.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2022
• Take heed to not assume the reason for a lack of response is malicious.
  — David Villa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Any offer of these will lead to him doing more malicious and awful things around the world.
  — Bill Browder, Time, 12 July 2018
• The victim enters a game, playing one of the malicious game modes.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2023
• Your boss may not be malicious, just consumed in their own ambitions.
  — Chris Lipp, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Some malicious ads may display one website but send you somewhere else.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
• For this reason, the cloud is a goldmine for malicious actors.
  — Kristen Lynch, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• Two malicious versions went live.
  — Santhosh Jayaprakash, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• People who live in a society with you and me are putting these tools to malicious uses.
  — James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
• In fact, malicious hackers often strike when their target’s guard is down.
  — Richard Forno, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
• Google removed all the malicious apps in question, a spokesperson said.
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• Some may see this as malicious compliance.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
• Strong antivirus software helps block malicious sites and fake support pages.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
• The cover up did have malicious intent, and shame on these three for all eternity.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• These then download malicious add-ons to deliver the fraud.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• If a page is fake or malicious, the password manager will not fill anything.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026