: marked by corruption or evil
a depraved attack
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Examples of depraved in a Sentence
the work of depraved minds
He acted with depraved indifference to human suffering.
Recent Examples on the Web
Instead, my duties somehow became even more depraved.
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Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Ramirez’s crimes read like a depraved horror novel.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
Persia Nelson, a woman in her mid-20s, has been charged with second-degree murder committed with depraved indifference, Schenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford said at the briefing, which was broadcasted by CBS6 Albany.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Lush has just gifted me another splendidly depraved tool of measurement for this: the Saltbomb, a bath bomb inspired directly by the movie.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 9 Feb. 2024
Roy Scheider stars with Ann-Margaret in this fairly depraved adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s equally hair-raising novel.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
As Edward grows distant from Ryley and both become taken by hallucinations, the film suddenly offers a clear-eyed explanation of the depraved acts that prop up the bloodline.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
Any act of violence, any killing or harming of any person, is never okay — no matter what precipitates or motivates such a depraved act.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2024
The kapos directly supervising the penal company were among the camp’s most unscrupulous criminals, depraved outcasts who were said to enjoy crushing Jewish men’s testicles with a wooden hammer on a board.
—Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Ramirez’s crimes read like a depraved horror novel.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
Persia Nelson, a woman in her mid-20s, has been charged with second-degree murder committed with depraved indifference, Schenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford said at the briefing, which was broadcasted by CBS6 Albany.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
Lush has just gifted me another splendidly depraved tool of measurement for this: the Saltbomb, a bath bomb inspired directly by the movie.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 9 Feb. 2024
Roy Scheider stars with Ann-Margaret in this fairly depraved adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s equally hair-raising novel.
—EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
As Edward grows distant from Ryley and both become taken by hallucinations, the film suddenly offers a clear-eyed explanation of the depraved acts that prop up the bloodline.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
Any act of violence, any killing or harming of any person, is never okay — no matter what precipitates or motivates such a depraved act.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 4 Jan. 2024
The kapos directly supervising the penal company were among the camp’s most unscrupulous criminals, depraved outcasts who were said to enjoy crushing Jewish men’s testicles with a wooden hammer on a board.
—Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
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depraved
adjective
de·praved
di-ˈprāvd 
: marked by moral corruption or perversion as shown by a capacity for extreme and wanton physical cruelty
the depraved state of mind of the murderer
the depraved nature of the crime
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