necessary evil in English

something unpleasant that must be done in order to achieve a goal

Use "necessary evil" in a sentence

1. Necessary evil.

2. A necessary evil.

3. For years, Anteing was seen as a necessary evil

4. I think he regards work as a necessary evil.

5. Replacing the Coils in your atomizer is a necessary evil

6. Replacing the coils in your Atomizer is a necessary evil

7. Most farmers accept the cull as heartbreaking, but a necessary evil.

8. 11 Most farmers accept the cull as heartbreaking, but a necessary evil.

9. 5 Mr Waldegrave's shambolic performance in the press conference was a necessary evil.

10. Bureaucracy was also a necessary evil to cope with the ravages of war.

11. Agitation is a necessary evil to tell of the ills of the Suffering

12. She was seen as a temptress, an instrument of the Devil, a necessary evil.

13. 13 They viewed such methods as a necessary evil, unavoidable yet somehow beneath their dignity.

14. The loss of jobs is regarded as a necessary evil in the fight against inflation.

15. Until now, aerospace engineers considered aeroelasticity a necessary evil, designing aircraft structures that are stiff and heavy.

16. The loss of jobs is regarded by some as a necessary evil in the fight against inflation.

17. Appar had spent most decades of his life as a Jain whose mainstream traditions considered sex as, at best, a necessary evil

18. For Ibn Khaldun, government should be restrained to a minimum for as a necessary evil, it is the constraint of men by other men.

19. Commercialisation in local government is very often seen as a “necessary evil”. For many organisations, it has negative connotations both internally and for service users

20. Up to the 1950s Crammers were common, widely used, and often reviled as a necessary evil: a dull grind of lectures, often in spartan surroundings, delivered by care-worn (though often expert) teachers.

21. Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay. Percy Bysshe Shelley 

22. ‘The homely Cardie, unfortunately, is a necessary evil in our depressingly cold and damp northern climate.’ ‘Because it was radio, he could presumably turn up for work in an old Cardie.’ ‘If it is a sunny day, we may have to put on a Cardie.’ ‘Are you man enough for a Cardie?’

23. ‘The homely Cardie, unfortunately, is a necessary evil in our depressingly cold and damp northern climate.’ ‘Because it was radio, he could presumably turn up for work in an old Cardie.’ ‘If it is a sunny day, we may have to put on a Cardie.’ ‘Are you man enough for a Cardie?’