There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.    From LearnThat.org.  [Unknown.]

I borrowed the term vicious cycle as it did in cycle for the past 71 years or once less than every 4 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Thailand Will Not Stage the Next Military Coup] Reference

The 21-year-old beauty queen also spoke, defending herself against what she called vicious attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 12, 2009] Reference

Condemning what she calls vicious attacks, Hillary Clinton says those who carry them out are cowards.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference

WOODRUFF: Those comments made by the mayor at the same time he spoke of what he called a vicious anti-police bias on the part of many in New York City.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: New York Reacts to Verdict in Diallo Shooting Trial - February 25, 2000] Reference

Damien Hirst in vicious feud with teenage artist over a box of pencils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

"You have ample power now, singer," he told her, his expression vicious with anticipation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ship Who Sang]

I hope their camp washes away, burns up, and gets swept away in vicious tornado-like conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burn the camp to the ground] Reference

Being upfront and vicious is neither useful to the writer, or intelligent on the part of the reviewer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another review] Reference

Clip was better off, but obviously worn; his horn swung in short vicious arcs to intercept each reaching tendril.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juxtaposition]

But he is not what is sometimes called a vicious boy, for he has many good qualities, which redeem him from absolute condemnation.    From Wordnik.com.  [In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.] Reference

It also engages in vicious bargaining with its suppliers, the same kind that are all over Wal-mart watch as being anti-competitive.    From Wordnik.com.  [girlcott costco] Reference

The fighting was described as vicious, close-quarters.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2006] Reference

More accurately, Cobb was also called a vicious player and a selfish jerk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Larry Abrams: Bonds -- In and Outta This World] Reference

Sarah Palin is being tied to what's being called vicious political attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2009] Reference

"Adding the word vicious does not change the legislation that already exists.    From Wordnik.com.  [keyetv.com Local News] Reference

"He didn't do anything which the world calls vicious," she continued presently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Far Horizon] Reference

He has been called a vicious creature, but in the present company I intend to prove.    From Wordnik.com.  [A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66,] Reference

There was very close-quarters fighting that was described as vicious, sometimes hand to hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2006] Reference

Staffordshire terriers are one of several breeds Mr. Skeldon classifies as vicious "pit bulls".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A Commerce City police officer shot and killed what police called a vicious dog this afternoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

The short continuance of friendship among the vicious, which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference

The short continuance of friendship amongst the vicious, which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference

“And,” said the page, “it was over boldness in him, I trow, to call a vicious brute after a noble family.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Abbot] Reference

He has a dusky grey eye, which would be called vicious in a horse, and the shape of his mouth expresses contempt and decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord John Russell] Reference

A thing is called a vicious circle in medicine when cause and effect are so closely linked that you can't tell which is which.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captivity] Reference

The dog has been impounded, and a hearing will determine whether it should be classified as a vicious or dangerous animal, police said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

The next point I wish to dwell on is the part played by what I have called vicious intellectualism in this wonderful system's structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy] Reference

The Nationals needed to win, needed to break a vicious five-game losing skid, and so surely the brief experiment with Gonzalez would end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alberto Gonzalez makes the most of his chance] Reference