Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vice
IPA transcription: [v'aɪs]
Pronunciations of vice
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: frailty, vice
    Meaning: moral weakness
Usage examples
  • Freedom is the name of virtue: Slavery, of vice. . . .
  • Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Vice Chairman of the New York Suffrage Party, said:
  • The admiral stationed himself at the helm to steer, and the vice admirals took the oars.
  • He was accompanied by the admirals and vice admirals of the fleet, who were to serve as crew.
  • Would to God that this touching and edifying charity replaced the low and rampant vice of jealousy!
  • The religious wars had led to laxity and carelessness; drunkenness and vice were fearfully prevalent.
  • Some, by energy and perseverance, rise from the bottom; some, by ill fortune or vice, fall from the top.
  • Martin Poyser the younger, as the broadest, was to be president, and Mr. Casson, as next broadest, was to be vice.
  • Pride they consider the most execrable vice, and one who acts proudly is chastised with the most ruthless correction.
  • It is a shame that one who sweetens his drink with the gifts of the bee, should embitter God's gift Reason with vice.
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