How to Use villainous in a Sentence

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• Chief among them is the presence of the villainous Kang the Conqueror.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• Co-star Chris Hemsworth as the villainous Dementus, against the dunes of the Outback.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2024
• When asked if the show will change fans opinions about the villainous Gaston, Evans kept a tight lip.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• Heidi Klum is a jack of all trades — even villainous ones.
  — Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• In the wild Goldfish go from cute to villainous when released into the wild.
  — National Geographic, 20 Oct. 2019
• Anne Hathaway, a skilled thesp, is no match for Huston as the villainous lead.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
• It could all be boiled down to a few key points: Eros is heroic and a far cry from his villainous brother.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• In a story with no shortage of villains, the rabbi is among the more villainous.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2020
• Now all of the brothers must get the back band together to rescue one of their own from a pair of villainous pop stars.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• In one clip, the adults reunite but most of them can’t remember the villainous Pennywise or any of the events from the first movie.
  — Time, 18 July 2019
• But some of the Skrulls certainly might be more villainous.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Jan. 2022
• Plus, a more villainous Kang might have emerged after the finale.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 June 2022
• Swindells is almost too villainous, but that dichotomy does work in the scheme of things.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
• Josh Brolin might reprise his villainous role in the Deadpool franchise later this year.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• To have a villainous ruler imposed on you was a misfortune.
  — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• And in fact, all of the existing media around what a stepmother is casts us in this evil, villainous light.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• And, in fact, all of the existing media around what a stepmother is casts us in this evil, villainous light.
  — Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
• To set the scene: Luffy and crew are out to defeat the villainous fish-man Arlong, who is holding Nami’s home village hostage.
  — William Goodman, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• Special props go to Jonathan Groff for turning the villainous Frank into a sellout with soul.
  — The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• Momoa goes back under the sea for the sequel, this time teaming up with Patrick Wilson — who played the villainous Orm in the first entry.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
• In those comics, the story is told again and again of a world coming undone because of villainous evil or human frailty.
  — David Beers, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
• Hahn's villainous Agatha formed a coven and began to wander down a dark, twisted version of the Yellow Brick Road.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
• This villainous group use a team of assassins to enforce their rule, but prefer to keep behind the scenes.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
• And LeBron plays with a joy for basketball more than some villainous fury.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• Plus the Mateen's villainous Black Adam is still on his quest for vengeance and to kill Aquaman (and also gets a cool new submarine).
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2021
• Despite Metro’s noble intentions, there are greater, villainous forces in the world that just can’t be bought off.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2022
• Apart from these villainous deeds, though, very little was revealed about her.
  — EW.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• The image, which features Wiig as her villainous character for the first time, seems to show the battle taking place in the White House.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2020
• Disney’s villainous characters—like the queen turned witch—tend to be more memorable than the doe-eyed good ones.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
• The man behind the double-agenting is, of course, the villainous General Kitson.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024