How to use vile in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective, noun
Vile means morally low; base; despicable. Example: “I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.”
Examples of vile by meaning
adjectiveCausing physical or mental repulsion; horrid; disgusting.
- I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.
- The medicine had a vile taste and smell.
- We can't go out in this vile weather.
nounThat which is vile; vileness.
- Men such as they must cleave only to the vile, hating all that is noblest and best.”1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt...
More sentences with vile
- He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.From the entry humor
- He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.From the entry humour
- The Bermuda Triangle is the best-known vile vortex.From the entry vile vortex
- Alysmond is one of the most vile relationships in the entire series.2024 May 1, houseofnim, Reddit. From the entry Alysmond
- It is a vile organization of hoodlums with no regard for life.2018 September 19, Lisa Ling, “How the US helped create Trump’s ‘violent animals’”, in CNN. From the entry hoodlum
- It was you who introduced us to PYLOMDASMAT in all of its vile stench.2016 October 25, Justin Tyme, “I must be off...”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet). From the entry grossitude
- The tender flesh of the pulchrous girl is torn by vile bonds infernal.2012, Nik Cohn, Need. From the entry flickersome
- But he was all asmolder, and craziness also made him vile and funny.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry asmolder
- A vile and unforgivable insult in India, this word is a piece of gentle badinage in England.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry badinage
- Often it has worked out into grossest inhumanity and vilest bolshevism.[1923], Thomas Tully, “Simeon and Levi—Evil Confederates”, in The Sons of Jacob and Their Tribal Blessings: Character Studies: A Series of…. From the entry bolshevism
- Often it has worked ou into grossest inhumanity and vilest bolshevism.[1923], Thomas Tully, “Simeon and Levi—Evil Confederates”, in The Sons of Jacob and Their Tribal Blessings: Character Studies: A Series of…. From the entry bolshevism
- It was vile, it was horrible, that he should see her thus!1913 October, John Galsworthy, chapter VI, in The Dark Flower, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, part…. From the entry trick out
- But Ososo is much cooler, the sun less vile, because of the hills and rocks on which the town stands.2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 273. From the entry Ososo
- I was vile to this poor chap who, like a cheerful Papageno, was much better-natured than I was.2017, Charles Duff, “What About the Linen?”, in Charley’s Woods: Sex, Sorrow and a Spiritual Quest in Snowdonia, London: Zuleika, →ISBN…. From the entry good-natured
- Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!2016, Marvel Comics, Power Pack Classic Vol. 1. From the entry untongue
- Why would I want to imitate such vile grossitude?2016 October 25, Justin Tyme, “I must be off...”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet). From the entry grossitude
- I suppose I betta feed ya,” said the vile woman.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry all over someone like a rash
- Take that vile Foresythe!” He snapped his wrist, clicking the stick against the bowed sides of a barrel.2008, Daniel Hellmund, The Answer for Laria, page 93. From the entry ho
- Biting the words back and swallowing them was harder than swallowing the vile concoctions of lunatic herbmasters, but she managed.1998, Michelle West, The Uncrowned King (The Sun Sword; book two), DAW Books, →ISBN, page 414. From the entry herbmaster
- The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.1995 January 14, Kenneth B. Noble, “Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry n-word
- "Oho," he said, "a vile thing to say.1988, Thomas Flanagan, The Tenants of Time. From the entry oho
- She was stale-drunk; she had, doubtless, a vile headache; probably she felt twinges of remorse and apprehension of possible police interference.1917, John Locke, The Red Planet. From the entry stale drunk
- I was a fool ever to let you live—you are not fit to live even in this vile land.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 201. From the entry traduce
- In poring over these vile and well-preserved folders full of antisemitica in the Foreign Ministry archives, one senses a naïveté, even earnestness among Sugihara's generation.2019, Hillel Levine, In Search of Sugihara. From the entry naïveté
- On one side were the vile, shape-shifting Skrulls, who wanted to enslave us, prompting McCarthyesque witch hunts and a disbanding of the Avengers.2011, Grant Morrison, Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human…. From the entry McCarthyesque
- There were, besides the pleasant fruity smells, a number of vile, animally smells that one could easily make from simple ingredients or extract from plants.2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. From the entry animally
- You vile auxlangers will not admit that you have yielded to whims, choosing instead to concoct elaborate webs of rationalization about your imaginary future users.1997 February 18, Richard K Harrison, “Naturalismo e schematicismo, un problema in linguas auxiliar”, in sci.lang (Usenet). From the entry auxlanger
- He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons.1977, Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command. From the entry skep
- Craw was happy as a sandboy, he reported: quite his former vile self, but a bit dazed to be bearded by Luke without warning.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 23. From the entry sandboy
- I have some difficulty believing that they are seriously intended, for they would, without alteration, justify the vilest imaginable human slavery and oppression.1977, Stephen R[ichard] L[yster] Clark, “Devices of the Heathen”, in The Moral Status of Animals, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press…. From the entry anthropodicy
- In this context moral turpitude is generally defined as a base or vile act that violates the accepted social relationship among men.1959, David H. Kleiman, "Tax Evasion and Moral Turpitude", 49 Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology and Police Science 145 at 146. From the entry moral turpitude
- "I just love the fact that she's so deliciously volatile and unhinged – I thought I've got to get on board with this, she's so vile."2024 May 28, Kerrie Hughes, “'Never slouch for anyone, ever' - Hannah Waddingham advises women to embrace their height”, in Woman & Home…. From the entry milktini
- Yes, Trump is a vile creature whose presence in the Oval Office will require about a megagallon of disinfectant to cleanse it of his presence when he leaves it.2019 December 18, Joe Hyde, “Congressman Conaway Votes Against "Impeachment Charade"”, in San Angelo LIVE!. From the entry megagallon
- Courtney Love, aka the original Charlie Sheen, hasn’t Twote a Tweet since January when Twitter shut down her account because she’d turned it into a vile poop-chute of hate.2011 March 4, Curtis Cartier, “Courtney Love, aka the original Charlie Sheen, hasn’t Twote a Tweet since”, in Seattle Weekly. From the entry twote
- When she walked into the house she was astounded to find her housekeeper sitting in front of the kitchen TV, eating a vile burritolike concoction and watching a cartoon.2003, Diana Dempsey, Catch the Moon. From the entry burritolike
- These were speeches written in the encomiastic style on subjects that were immediately recognizable to ancient audiences as vile, trivial, ridiculous, or otherwise unsuited to praise.2001, Phiroze Vasunia, The Gift of the Nile: Hellenizing Egypt from Aeschylus to Alexander, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California…. From the entry encomiastic
Meaning of vile
- adjective Morally low; base; despicable.
- adjective Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid; disgusting.
- noun That which is vile; vileness.
Questions about vile in a sentence
- How do you use vile in a sentence?
- Vile is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.”
- What is a short sentence with vile?
- “Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!”
- What does vile mean?
- Vile means morally low; base; despicable.
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