How to Use sadistic in a Sentence

sadistic

adjective

• The point of it for him is the sadistic boot-on-face-forever.
  — WIRED, 24 Sep. 2021
• For all his sadistic faults, at least Bob is a What About Bob? fan.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
• Is there a sadistic impulse in playing with the viewer that way?
  — Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022
• The text treats it as a matter of course, despite the fact that death by drowning in one’s own tears is uniquely sadistic.
  — Longreads, 27 Mar. 2020
• What a nasty, sadistic, evil regime, the Saudi government is.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Oct. 2022
• During that time, Anne was at the mercy of a sadistic governess, Miss Bonner, who tied her hands to the bedposts at night.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• At first, Caleb doesn't believe this is the real Frankie, sure this is another one of Halores's sadistic tricks.
  — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2022
• Her sadistic smirk is still shocking after all these years.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
• To quash the ever-present threat of a revolt, punishment was sadistic and frequent.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 8 July 2023
• Records from phone accounts also tied him to sadistic calls made to the families of victims.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• Even in the future, though, the in-crowd sucks, and Mary Agnes’ charming crush turns out to have a sadistic streak sharpened by technology.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 30 Mar. 2022
• That is sadistic behaviour, a way for a person who feels small to taste a little power.
  — Hazlitt, 1 Feb. 2023
• In reality, Mittens was a stone-cold killer with a sadistic streak.
  — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• The movie is a beastly thing, and proud of it—a gaily sadistic kerfuffle, from which all traces of tenderness have been expunged.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
• The switchbacks are torture: tons of little, sadistic hairpin turns.
  — Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
• Obé – pronounced 'obey' – has that sweet, sweaty irreverence of the coolest new (somewhat sadistic – in a good way) fitness clubs around.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
• Even Roose Bolton treats his horrible, sadistic son better than this.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024
• The film culminates in an incident of body-shaming that comes close to sadistic slapstick.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• Our coach, who had been a great player in college with a stint in the pros, was a generally nice guy who, when frustrated, showed a sadistic side.
  — Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood classic.
  — Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
• More of it stemmed from the wretched humanity of the characters trapped within this sadistic world.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a sadistic rancher who makes life hell for his new sister-in-law and her son in 1925 Montana.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022
• The whole movie is sadistic, but the catalyzing act of violence is by far the most cruel, compounded by a few too many lovey-dovey flashbacks.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• At one point Karl Rahm, the sadistic camp commander, handed out chocolates and sardines to children.
  — Douglas Starr, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• At the same time across town, another agent is in the basement of a derelict church trying to disarm the reverend’s equally sadistic brother in hand-to-hand combat.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• Feyd-Rautha is also the brother of Bautista’s character, the sadistic Glossu Rabban.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Feb. 2023
• The cable debut of the show that streamed on AMC Plus last year centering on a sadistic killer who cuts up and stitches together his victims.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• Their midlife rut mirrors that of Ed, who turns full-on sadistic in the wake of Stede’s disappearance—which happened the night they were supposed to run away together.
  — TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
• Diaz plays Tony, the most sadistic of the Institute’s orderlies, who delights in wielding his power over the children.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
• In Munro’s work, women are repressed, silenced, and bullied by sadistic men, yet their thoughts and secret rebellions are slyly subversive.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024