How to Use impunity in a Sentence

impunity

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  • 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
  • No, not the kind of power that politicians wield with impunity.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Armed with the knowledge that the Colts could do nothing to slow Jackson down, the Ravens attacked with impunity.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Still, those kinds of numbers barely begin to address the scale of crime and impunity in the Port-au-Prince area.
    — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Port-au-Prince and parts of the countryside are controlled by armed gangs who rape, kidnap and kill with impunity.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The military police could kick down any door with impunity, and the new band had to play in secrecy.
    — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Does it make sense that a person can burn an American flag with impunity but not a gay-pride flag?
    — Myron Magnet, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2020
  • For the past 15 years, violence has been on the rise in Mexico due to the growth of organized crime, turf wars, and high rates of impunity.
    — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Some activists linked the killings to a culture of violence in which the police are allowed to act with impunity.
    — New York Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • First, colleges will no longer be able to raise tuition by the amount of the government subsidy with impunity.
    — WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • As if the rampant killings of black men at the hands of police—with impunity—are a figment of our imaginations.
    — Monique Judge, The Root, 31 May 2018

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