bad influence
Example Sentences
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“He didn’t recognize them as a bad influence or something that’s holding him down,” she recalled wistfully.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
Then he told her he would no longer bring the kids to see her every weekend, claiming his mother called her a bad influence.
From BBC • May 17, 2024
You’re an adult and your desire to wear normal adult clothing and makeup is you being a normal 20-year-old, not you being a bad influence.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
I like how Tim talks about yin and yang; Richard was a bad influence in my life, but he was a good influence on thousands of other people.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022
Ayesha’s parents are trying to keep her away from me, afraid of my bad influence, but Ayesha ignores them.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
