How to Use villain in a Sentence

villain

noun

• He plays the villain in most of his movies.
• Don't try to make me the villain. It's your own fault that you're having these problems.
• She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly.
• The Movie in 1978, in the role of the evil villain Lex Luthor.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
• In films, the villain was the bad guy trying to take over the world.
  — Valentina Mejia, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• That’s the deal for a villain, as Green long ago learned.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
• On Brazil’s right, fans have their own villain on the team: the coach, Tite.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
• Each side wants to present itself as the hero, and the other as the villain.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• One of the reasons why is that an old villain has turned up to save the day.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 23 Dec. 2022
• For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
• Busch has never been afraid to speak his mind and take on the role of a villain.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
• The first movie is dedicated to the villain, who beats the Avengers.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 29 Dec. 2022
• And of course, Archie is not this season's main villain.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 June 2024
• The main villain is once again Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
• Laws is, to a large extent, the villain of the film, but Woodbine refused to see him that way.
  — Stuart Miller, Variety, 24 Jan. 2023
• There was no doubt about it: Charles and Camilla were the villains of this chapter.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2023
• For Rocha, who is fresh out of the Area show from earlier in the day and dressed in spots, the answer is easy—a villain.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
• Reckoning as one of the film's villains, is also a fan of the coconut cake.
  — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• Namor, the brown antihero of the film, is no shallow villain.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• That’s because the first film’s main villain, Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), is back with a vengeance.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
• As such, the role could have easily been reduced to a bit part or a one-note villain.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• Before the show can begin, a new villain emerges named Grape, whose goons, the Sour Bunch, take control of the venue to put on their own show.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• Those values sharpen Musk’s role as both a hero and villain for Markey.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
• Brock Purdy looks like the second coming of a 49ers villain.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Who knew such villains could exist during the most wonderful time of the year?
  — Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
• His image is not that of a villain, although that’s certainly what SBF-the-man seems to be.
  — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
• Wakanda Forever has a lot to live up to with its villain, Namor.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
• And there's a new villain heading for Team Flash, teased in the premiere's stinger scene with a red lightning bat symbol.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• Don Fernando’s getup is the most bizarre of all, donning a bicolored suit that looks a bit like it was ripped from the closet of an anime villain.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
• But Kent, Davis, and Wiseman manage to turn it into a compelling and moving psychological thriller, where the real villain turns out to be grief.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024