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
• But Hippler said the team had not made its case, and that the heinous crime warranted a stiff penalty.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024
• Brown seems like a such a sweet, honest young girl, which is why contrasting her image with such heinous statements evokes a reaction.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 14 June 2018
• In a police interview, Grayson described the younger teens as committing the most heinous acts during the crime.
  — Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
• So why has nothing changed if this policy is so heinous that no one outside of Jeff Sessions wants credit for it?
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 16 June 2018
• The results of the inkblot tests revealed heinous interpretations of simple black-and-white splotches.
  — Carson Kessler, Fortune, 7 June 2018
• Sachdev explained that people crave so much information on the shooters and naturally want to know why the person committed a heinous act.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
• But the precious humanity of the female characters who persevere through the most heinous circumstances holds us captive.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 5 June 2018
• Terrorists or other criminal organizations will do something that's heinous, in a way that is blocked from lawful law enforcement view.
  — Craig Timberg and Tony Romm, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• Over the course of the sophomore installment, it is revealed the way rapist Bryce (Justin Prentice) used his army of protectors and enablers to get away with his heinous crimes.
  — refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
• Step 5: Envision The final step is to take a deep breath and envision the two competing endings to the heinous, imaginary crime foiled by your police call.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 17 May 2018
• Until the last few decades, state legislatures set the limitation period for most felonies at five years or less, though murder, considered the most heinous crime, usually had no deadline.
  — Ruth Padawer, New York Times, 19 June 2018
• But Amnesty has completely disregarded this, instead absolving and whitewashing the heinous actions of Hamas.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024