How to use "depravity" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "depravity" in popular movie and book plots

  • mr Jacobsen's sexual depravity makes the marriage difficult, but more difficult for her is the discovery that his cancer is improving.  - Escort (2006 film)
  • What first must have seemed like easy prey for a home invasion became a living nightmare of depravity and violence.  - Dear God No!
  • ); and total depravity ("You got to make good out of bad," says Willie when his ruthless methods are criticized.  - All the King's Men
  • Van Alden's wife visits for the weekend and is dismayed by the depravity of the city.  - 21 (Boardwalk Empire)
  • Has she found a ghastly new way to satisfy her lust, or is sexual depravity all in the head.  - Macabre (1980 film)
  • As the story progresses, we discover that crime and depravity have gone up in this world, and no one understands why, or what is happening.  - The Unfunnies
  • Allegra becomes deeply involved with the unit and so begins her descent into the darkness and depravity of the human mind.  - Child's Play (novel)
  • They have the well-known depravity of Streicher confirmed to them by the local police chief, but fail to formally connect him to the murders.  - The Pale Criminal
  • A ghost shows Ariel the depravity the inmates suffered under dr Vannacutt.  - Return to House on Haunted Hill
  • Larry's last endeavour to reclaim his childhood companion from her depravity and despair proves fruitless.  - The Razor's Edge (1946 film)
  • Amid the general atmosphere of debauchery and depravity at the ball, Prospero notices the entry of the mysterious, red-cloaked figure.  - The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
  • The latter warns him of the depravity of Epidamnus, urging an end to the search for his missing brother since their money is nearly gone.  - Menaechmi
  • Through her we sense the consequences of the decadence and depravity in which the Compsons have lived for decades.  - The Sound and the Fury

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