villainy

Example Sentences

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Tanja Ariane Baumgartner was a fascinating Kundry, her superficial villainy barely concealing her longing for redemption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

It’s unusual to consider an awkward, suburban dad and company stalwart being an acting stretch, but Lee is known for his dramatic intensity, action-movie heroism, even villainy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Raúl Esparza, whom I can still hear singing “Being Alive” from the 2006 Broadway revival of “Company,” played Pontius Pilate with lip-smacking villainy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

The person setting all this in motion is a Harkonnen, a name associated in the movie “Dune”-iverse with violent strongman rulership and all-purpose villainy.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

After six hundred years of their own strife and a few centuries of Portuguese villainy, the warring tribes of Angola had finally agreed to a peace plan.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver