bad influence

Example Sentences

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Collins added that she did not feel proms were a good thing and instead were a bad influence on children.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“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

"It felt like my identity was seen as dangerous because of the banning of a story like that. What about my story? Am I seen as a bad influence?"

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2022

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

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson