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

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

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

“Anyway. You can tell your dad he doesn’t have to worry about me and my bad influence much longer.”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon