villain
Example Sentences
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He made an impact as the villain Andy Semple in the Scottish Television soap opera Take The High Road, a part he played for 14 years between 1980 and 1994.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It sounds like something a James Bond — or cartoon — villain would come up with, but there it is.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Just when it looked like the evening's pantomime villain would be an unlikely match-winner, White was penalised for a lunge on Federico Vinas in stoppage time.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
If the plate umpire goes, with it goes one of baseball’s most entertaining/maddening presences–a puff-chested judge and jury, a baked-in villain, an essential part of the game’s pacing and flow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
It wrecked all the good progress she’d made, making him a villain.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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