dastardly
Example Sentences
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Why you should let it fade: Nostalgia proved to be a dastardly curse with “Little Fockers,” a theatrical experience memorable only for how dry and tiresome its comic beats were.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026
The cabinet also said it "unequivocally condemns this dastardly and cowardly act that has led to the loss of innocent lives".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
The Grossman Law Firm, which has offices in Southern California, outlines the reasons and means for removing a dastardly trustee such as your brother.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025
Dabney Coleman, the beloved character actor who famously played the dastardly cad overseeing Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in “9 to 5,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024
It was one of those cartoon monster smiles, where the monster rubs his hands as he thinks of something dastardly.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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