English example sentences with "necessary evil"

They believed that it was a necessary evil.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

It's a necessary evil.

Personally, I think that corporal punishment is a necessary evil.

Grades are a necessary evil.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

Labor is a necessary evil.

Work is a necessary evil.

The act of giving birth is a necessary evil.

Childbirth is a necessary evil.

They considered it a necessary evil.

Another punishing round of chemo is a necessary evil if Lisa is to have a fighting chance against the cancer.

My boss is a real piece of work, but my kids make keeping this job a necessary evil.