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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Hackman was among the most accomplished actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
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Susan Montoya Bryan, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Wong Not Doctor Strange, but Wong, because Benedict Wong's character has - more than any other villain or hero in the MCU - so wonderfully risen above his station in the comics.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite Hackman villains is the conniving country-boy crime boss Mary Ann in Michael Ritchie’s sublimely caustic satire Prime Cut (1972).
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Susan Montoya Bryan, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Wong Not Doctor Strange, but Wong, because Benedict Wong's character has - more than any other villain or hero in the MCU - so wonderfully risen above his station in the comics.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
One of my favorite Hackman villains is the conniving country-boy crime boss Mary Ann in Michael Ritchie’s sublimely caustic satire Prime Cut (1972).
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Villain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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