How to Use dastardly in a Sentence

dastardly

adjective

• Part of the fun of it, in a way, is trying to find the fallacy or the hole in the dastardly scheme.
  — Dallas News, 13 July 2021
• But give the nod to Blade, the 2-foot-tall dude with the hook for a left hand, knife for the right and a dastardly, chalky visage.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2017
• And the dastardly Democrats who don’t want to give Trump credit.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 26 July 2021
• Jim Boeheim and that dastardly zone did it again (a la 2016 as a No.
  — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Never fear, some dastardly hiccups along the road have not changed the heart of this show.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
• The mayor’s reprise of the song at the end of the first act, meant to justify the dastardly, is anything but funny.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 17 Sep. 2019
• But in the morning, that dastardly alarm clock wakes you from a stoned slumber and something just isn’t right.
  — Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Of all the dastardly things Caligula was known for, his pleasure barges were the most infamous.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
• With that, the dastardly Astros clinched the American League pennant in six games.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• The villain devises his dastardly plan while standing among the rubble left by a fight that happened in The Avengers.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 8 July 2017
• Because even their dastardly henchmen are freaked out by their evil acts.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 15 Dec. 2017
• And female thieves have a dastardly tactic to thwart their pursuers.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• The plot revolves around a retired police chief who sets out to catch a dastardly thief—with the help of two lesser criminals.
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 5 Oct. 2020
• Rudd lets his sparkly eyes go dark behind his big ‘80s glasses when a dastardly plot is afoot.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021
• No, a dastardly plot was not at play, according to the theorists.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
• But what Manuela doesn't know is that her fiancé is the real dastardly pirate, long retired.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 June 2022
• The new pro-Biden talking point is that those dastardly Republicans are trying to have it both ways.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
• Okay, kidding aside, once Teddy reveals his dastardly plan Alicia takes his gun and points it at him.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Aemon One Eye is a dastardly character, replete with an evil smirk and eye patch.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• Among them, there must be a car, a woman (more than one, in fact), a gadget, an exotic location and a dastardly plan.
  — CNN, 20 Sep. 2021
• This is a movie about cricket, but while the rules of the game may be obscure to some viewers, the stakes are crystal clear: In 1893, a team of plucky Indian farmers face off against the dastardly Brits.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• These two dastardly words should melt the headset on Pat Fitzgerald's noggin: Illinois State.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• By Barry Meier If not for the dastardly backstory, this could have been a tale of marketing genius.
  — Sarah Mupo, STAT, 25 June 2018
• Koch has an appealing singing voice and the right demeanor to make the audience root for his character, despite the dastardly deeds.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2019
• The millions of Spanglish-speaking Minions, who were once Dru's dastardly-deed doers, are now just kind of goofy servants.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 28 June 2017
• In the moment, the 9/11 attacks that came from a blue sky on a crisp, clear morning stretched credulity in their horror and dastardly conception and proved that vast oceans could no longer shield the US from the terror of the outside world.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 Sep. 2021
• One question that’s highlighted by having Don Juan be so dastardly and Sganarelle so dutiful: Why does the servant stick around?
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• People who handle rare books for a living are used to doing battle with a range of dastardly scourges, including red rot, beetles and thieves.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Maybe connecting ungainly electric scooters to a dastardly plot—even in jest, and to laughs—seems like nonsense.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2018
• Rust Remover Rust stains are dastardly to get out, and unfortunately most off-the-shelf rust removers are full of harsh chemicals.
  — Jolie Kerr, Country Living, 19 Mar. 2015

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024