How to Use heinous in a Sentence

heinous

adjective

• These murders were especially heinous.
• While admittedly the crimes rappers commit have often been more heinous than those committed by other entertainers, rappers seem to face more opprobrium. Though hip hop has become mainstream, much of mass media still has antiquated ideas of rap music and rappers.
  — Vibe, May 2001
• The crime was heinous, the verdict just, the moral neat.
  — Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
• But this is a tragedy and deserves to be called out as heinous.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2023
• No one in their right mind would commit such a heinous act.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2022
• And mom had found voice to come out as a survivor of a series of heinous crimes.
  — Jessi Hempel, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• When somebody gets hurt because of that, that is one of the most heinous crimes.
  — Dorany Pineda, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• They were primed to storm the Capitol and do all manner of heinous things.
  — Bryan Box, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
• Give us a bit of background—and describe his heinous deeds.
  — Jason O. Watson, National Geographic, 2 July 2017
• The sites of heinous crimes have at times been made available for jurors to view in person.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• So why would the judiciary go so easy on such a heinous crime?
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
• Which leads to the heinous practice of people bribing the maître d’ at a restaurant.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• Stinky-ass shoes being heinous is an issue both sides of the aisle can agree on.
  — Mark Anthony Green, GQ, 24 Sep. 2017
• What followed was one of the most lucrative and heinous robberies of all time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• The heinous events on the streets of Minneapolis touched off a firestorm of protests around the world.
  — Time, 19 June 2020
• Why aren't colleges doing more to crack down on these heinous crimes?
  — Kayla Webley, Marie Claire, 11 Dec. 2013
• Justice must be done for the victims of these heinous crimes and their families.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2019
• White adults doing the most heinous things and just getting away with it or being called boy or like a kid.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• The futile attempts to comprehend this heinous act, and the hours of hugs and tears, soon gave way to anger.
  — Ted Deutch, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• There shouldn’t be a statute of limitations on crimes as heinous as these.
  — Marcos Breton, sacbee, 21 June 2016
• Failure means a sequence of events that kills his girlfriend and pals in heinous fashion.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
• But the blame for this heinous assault falls squarely on the Iranian regime.
  — The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2022
• The hypocrisy of these fanatics only makes their actions more heinous.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
• Would the same principle not work for humans who commit heinous crimes?
  — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 30 June 2020
• Reenacting this heinous crime is a way to process the morally unspeakable.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• In the last few weeks, white racists have committed heinous acts of violence.
  — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 1 June 2017
• The documentary has forced Watts to think about his heinous actions, says the source.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• Brazil’s pink river dolphins have long gotten blamed for all sorts of heinous crimes.
  — Sushma Subramanian, The Atlantic, 12 Nov. 2020
• And yeah, there was always the chance of infecting your computer with some sort of heinous virus.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
• All so that those around them can feel more comfortable when faced with the realities of such a heinous act.
  — Danielle Campoamor, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 May 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024