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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And the three main villains are impressively restrained compared to the cartoonish mustache twirlers that have populated previous takes.
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Lila Devlin makes a journey from being a grieving mother to being a villain.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Add to this the fact that each hack, slash and gunshot loses its sting, thanks to the villains’ temporary immortality, and what you’re left with is a series of ideas for energetic action moments, strung together with little connective tissue.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Jack Balderrama Morley examines the beautiful, terrible, villains of reality television.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Lila Devlin makes a journey from being a grieving mother to being a villain.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Add to this the fact that each hack, slash and gunshot loses its sting, thanks to the villains’ temporary immortality, and what you’re left with is a series of ideas for energetic action moments, strung together with little connective tissue.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Jack Balderrama Morley examines the beautiful, terrible, villains of reality television.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Villain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villain. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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