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

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

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

"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

I know you said that June is probably a bad influence, but you can’t really mean that, right?

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy