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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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His affinity for wrestling villains, or heels, adds another layer to his potential return.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Like Adeyemi/Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist could become the villain of the whole race if someone doesn’t intervene to stop it.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
His villains include both Presidents Bush; his heroes stretch back to William McKinley but include Richard Nixon, who raised tariffs in response to low-cost manufacturing from Asia, and, Lighthizer insists, Ronald Reagan.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
The opera sequence is a lighthearted mini-game, and eventually, the party is made to battle the villain on stage.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Like Adeyemi/Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist could become the villain of the whole race if someone doesn’t intervene to stop it.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
His villains include both Presidents Bush; his heroes stretch back to William McKinley but include Richard Nixon, who raised tariffs in response to low-cost manufacturing from Asia, and, Lighthizer insists, Ronald Reagan.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
The opera sequence is a lighthearted mini-game, and eventually, the party is made to battle the villain on stage.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Villain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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