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

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

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

“Yes. Mr. Marsden fears you are having a bad influence on the other girls there.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson