Examples of villain in a Sentence
He plays the villain in most of his movies.
She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly.
Don't try to make me the villain. It's your own fault that you're having these problems.
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In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Quinn is such a mustache-twirling villain throughout that his interactions with Reacher feel overly cartoonish.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The real villains, says Mozaffarian, are excessive amounts of refined grains, starches, and sugars, as well as salt and other preservatives, chemical additives, and contaminants from packaging.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
In the comics, Sinestro starts off as a member of the Green Lantern Corp, eventually becoming a villain and starting his own Sinestro Corp.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Quinn is such a mustache-twirling villain throughout that his interactions with Reacher feel overly cartoonish.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The real villains, says Mozaffarian, are excessive amounts of refined grains, starches, and sugars, as well as salt and other preservatives, chemical additives, and contaminants from packaging.
—Sarah Boden, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
In the comics, Sinestro starts off as a member of the Green Lantern Corp, eventually becoming a villain and starting his own Sinestro Corp.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Villain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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