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Meanings of vile thing in English

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Usage of vile thing in English
1
It was the most vile thing I have ever asked of myself.
Helen of troy
2
Marcia Cordell told me every vile thing that bastard did to her.
Haunted
3
And when King Mark had agreed, this dwarf did a vile thing.
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
4
What was the most vile thing on fellow Over-By-Over readers' trains this morning?
The Guardian
5
It was a vile thing to do-bringa poisonous snake into the school.
The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall
6
I did a vile thing, and I am sorry for it.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
7
Beastly is a vile word but this is a vile thing.
This Freedom
8
Why should she become a victim to such a vile thing?
Glen of the High North
9
M. Do you not know that wine watered is esteemed a vile thing?
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592
10
She had beautiful eyes-theChica-this vile thing of white flesh and black deception.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
11
I hope they find whoever did such a vile thing.
The red door
12
When the vile thing drew breath, Kim was reassured by the soft, sewing-machine-like whirr.
Kim
13
Not even for you can I do this vile thing.
Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
14
They blaspheme against Life.... My God, what a vile thing is the religious mind.
The Untilled Field
15
But he suddenly tells you such an outrageous, vile thing!
Mother
16
Would you really use such a vile thing, John?
Just another judgement day
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Vile thing through the time
Vile thing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common