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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The storytelling shift moves the Star Wars timeline in Galaxy’s Edge back three decades before the birth of Kylo Ren — who has been the central villain of the unfolding story in Black Spire Outpost on the Star Wars planet of Batuu ever since Galaxy’s Edge debuted at Disneyland in 2019.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
Barraza, who was a member of the 501st Legion, a fan group that painstakingly re-creates Star Wars villains' costumes, already had her new suitcases packed — which resembled the ones Harry Potter took with him to Hogwarts.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
To see him as a criminal, a perpetrator and villain, was a cognitive dissonance that demanded our attention.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Their goal is to end stereotypes by showing Latinos can authentically play any role—heroes, complex villains, or leaders.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
Barraza, who was a member of the 501st Legion, a fan group that painstakingly re-creates Star Wars villains' costumes, already had her new suitcases packed — which resembled the ones Harry Potter took with him to Hogwarts.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
To see him as a criminal, a perpetrator and villain, was a cognitive dissonance that demanded our attention.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Their goal is to end stereotypes by showing Latinos can authentically play any role—heroes, complex villains, or leaders.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for villain
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“Villain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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