bad influence
Example Sentences
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"I'd probably say I was the one getting into the most trouble. I was the wee bad influence."
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
The pop-infused corrido, about a bad influence in his love life, is the most streamed música Mexicana song globally, the fourth most popular Latin song and the song most added globally to user-created playlists.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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
“He doesn’t want to go there. That’s why I requested you come today, to help me take him there. Those boys in the streets have been a bad influence on him.”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
