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
Then he told her he would no longer bring the kids to see her every weekend, claiming his mother called her a bad influence.
From BBC • May 17, 2024
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
Likable Bill, who charmingly says "thank you" when told he's a bad influence on Jeb, is the closest thing the audience has to a guide to Mormonism, but his talents are underused.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 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
