How to Use impunity in a Sentence

impunity

noun

• Somalia ranks worst among countries for impunity in cases of journalist murders.
  — Katherine Love, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• Gravitational waves cut through the cosmos’ largest masses with impunity.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• Notice, too, how Xi blames Taiwan for cross-strait tensions even as his air force violates Taiwanese airspace with impunity.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 20 Nov. 2021
• For many, the manner of his death raised questions over the role race played in the killing, evoking a U.S. in which gangs of white men killed Black men and boys with impunity.
  — Matt Williams, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2021
• Retailers booked and canceled orders with impunity, while shipping firms slashed freight prices to retain their mercurial customers.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 21 Nov. 2021
• In her work, impunity generally corresponds to real murder; real punishment, on the other hand, is meted out to stifled malice.
  — Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
• Ultimately, democracy and society can’t survive when there is a rule of law for the common person and impunity for the influential and powerful.
  — Karishma Mehrotra, Quartz, 11 Nov. 2021
• Ransomware gangs have operated with relative impunity over the last few years, in part because so many of them are based in Russia and the Kremlin has steadfastly turned a blind eye.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 8 Nov. 2021
• Or foregoes any attempt to curtail user freedom, allowing scammers, human traffickers and cybergangs to commit crimes with impunity?
  — Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
• All of it, instead, is about who will be able to steal the most with the greatest impunity.
  — Dave Goldiner, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• There’s something about it that gives you a sense of impunity.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 June 2018
• In any case, all of these recipes can be doubled with impunity.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020
• Across the country, there are exceptions to the rule of impunity.
  — Scott Bronstein, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
• Weaver has alleged that he and his mates were abused with impunity.
  — Alex French, Esquire, 11 Jan. 2017
• Josh Jackson has been attacking the rim with impunity off of the bench.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2021
• On March 1st a Paris court took a step closer to ending an era of impunity.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2021
• Without the eyes of the bureau on them, the night riders attacked with impunity.
  — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Those things are done with impunity in America, and none of it is new.
  — Linda Tirado, The New Republic, 4 June 2020
• Purdue would like to shoot with impunity from 3-point range.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2018
• Now if the district pushes to reopen high schools, the union can call a strike with impunity and shut down all schools.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2021
• Such groups often act with near-impunity in attacking targets in the U.S. and around the world.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
• The hasty British withdrawal left the field clear for anyone to loot, burn, rape and murder with impunity.
  — From Cnn Opinion, CNN, 13 Aug. 2022
• When public agencies flout the public records law with such impunity, newsrooms are forced to turn to the courts.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2021
• India and Turkey ride roughshod over the rule of law daily with impunity.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• The nightclub cluster also highlights the impunity of the rich in a country with one of the largest wealth gaps among major economies.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2021
• And yet, Britain’s reluctance to act is likely to lead to impunity.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
• The enormity of the catastrophe that has struck Syria and of the impunity of the Assad regime is mind-numbing.
  — Ursula Lindsey, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• Many of the sellers of these products appeared to be openly flouting the law with impunity.
  — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 27 Jan. 2023
• Every day, Russian jets fire guided bombs into Ukrainian territory from these bases with impunity, Zelensky said.
  — Josh Rogin, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• His aim is to make anyone think twice about prying into his corrupt dealings, his disastrous and horrific invasion of Ukraine, his crackdowns on his own population’s rights and freedoms and all else the czar wants to do with impunity.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024