How to Use vile in a Sentence

vile

adjective

• What is that vile odor?
• She has a vile temper.
• His comments were positively vile.
• Which gives Paula the idea to be vile Candy all the time.
  — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
• The vile and ugly words were spelled out in full when sent to Gersh.
  — Mallory Simon and Sara Sidner, CNN, 10 July 2017
• That’s the way a state can be two ways at once — pretty and vile.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 June 2020
• The people of #HongKong are gifted a video of vile threats!
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2019
• That man is a vile, destructive force in the country and in the world.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2022
• One of the most vile villains of all time almost wasn’t.
  — Brian McElhaney, The New Yorker, 9 June 2022
• In Sudan mass protests led to the ejection of Omar al-Bashir, one of the world’s vilest tyrants.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• To speak the word that Leonard spoke when streaming his on-line video-game play was vile.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022
• Some of it's been vile and violent, some of it has led to threats on those of us on the right.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• The posts, which the group put online, were full of the vile anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi content.
  — Ian Silverii, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• The speaker’s vile remarks were cheered by others in the group.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
• And news sources should try a little harder to be less vile.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 4 Aug. 2019
• The silent presence of that dog reminded us that even the worst of men, the vile and the venal, can love and be loved.
  — Debbie Day, EW.com, 6 July 2024
• The plot centers around a small-town beauty pageant and the great, vile lengths people will go to win.
  — Patricia Garcia, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2021
• The floating smells of her cooking were vile, stews that smacked of potions.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• You guys should just read some of the vile comments hurled at me on a daily basis.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2021
• The meaty ones, though, were another story — in a word, vile.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
• Her father infects her with ideas that are vile even by the standards of that time and place.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• Some of the abuse on here this evening has been absolutely vile.
  — SI.com, 27 May 2018
• The fairy tale of the poor happily making music in their shanties is a vile myth.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
• The world of this Great Expectations is gross and stinky and muddy and vile.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• Everybody was supposed to let go, let all the vile stuff come up and gush out.
  — Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Russian President’s lies about who is to blame for the conflict are vile.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2023
• Among the most vile were promises to rape her with military-grade weapons.
  — Denene Millner, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2017
• Sarah Sanders just called it vile and vicious language.
  — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 31 May 2018
• Rodeos are the most vile and abhorrent form of animal cruelty.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
• Zoya was erasing the line between the sacred and the vile, the Jewish artifact and the anti-Semitic image, then polishing the resulting monstrosities to a very high shine.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024