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
My stepmother has called me a bad influence and my retort is I pay rent and buy my own clothes, she doesn’t get a say.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
King Charles III's university halls of residence neighbour in the 1960s said a letter was written about him saying he was a bad influence on the prince.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2022
Likable Bill, who charmingly says "thank you" when told he's a bad influence on Jeb, is the closest thing the audience has to a guide to Mormonism, but his talents are underused.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022
As for the Incorrigibles’ desire to join in the knitting: at first Lady Constance protested, for she still held strong opinions about what a bad influence the wolf children would be on her own child.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
