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
• Screenslaver’s thing is hypnotizing people through their screens, getting them to commit heinous acts.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 19 June 2018
• How could some man, for whatever reason, become a monster and steal my friend’s life in a heinous, horrendous way?
  — Courtney Lund O’Neil, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2018
• Last week’s heinous crime will not steal our purpose, which is embedded in our country’s founding documents.
  — Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2018
• Yeah, heinous expectations met with a nice, competent person.
  — Fox News, 3 July 2018
• My underfoot blister debacle, for instance, was both heinous and eminently my fault.
  — Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
• Despite the heinous allegations that are being made against Diddy, many commenters emphasized with the kids in the comments of the post.
  — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• Teams may also prefer to avoid a person who denies a heinous action and, by extension, implies that his victim—a six-year-old child at the time she was molested—is lying.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 26 June 2018
• He had been stopped but not apprehended for fare evasion in the days leading up to Wilson’s murder — a missed opportunity to prevent the heinous crime that followed.
  — Kate Leaver, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2018
• If there have been no heinous breaches to brand safety, should an advertising platform deny advertisers the opportunity to reach more supply?
  — Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• The heinous crime drew international media attention — and on July 1, the 50-year-old police chief became the face of a shocked and grieving city.
  — Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 7 July 2018
• The crime was heinous, the verdict just, the moral neat.
  — Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
• And for the record, all the people involved in the heinous murder of Sgt.
  — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
• But this is a tragedy and deserves to be called out as heinous.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 27 Aug. 2023
• They were primed to storm the Capitol and do all manner of heinous things.
  — Bryan Box, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2021
• When somebody gets hurt because of that, that is one of the most heinous crimes.
  — Dorany Pineda, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• And mom had found voice to come out as a survivor of a series of heinous crimes.
  — Jessi Hempel, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• No one in their right mind would commit such a heinous act.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2022
• The heinous events on the streets of Minneapolis touched off a firestorm of protests around the world.
  — Time, 19 June 2020
• Give us a bit of background—and describe his heinous deeds.
  — Jason O. Watson, National Geographic, 2 July 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And so ensued the hunt for who was behind their heinous assault.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• The city's response was a resounding 'no' to this heinous crime.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 June 2024
• Why aren't colleges doing more to crack down on these heinous crimes?
  — Kayla Webley, Marie Claire, 11 Dec. 2013
• So why would the judiciary go so easy on such a heinous crime?
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2022
• What followed was one of the most lucrative and heinous robberies of all time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024