villainy
Example Sentences
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The scenes are the stuff of nightmares, and even villainy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Red herrings pop up and disappear, a climactic series of revelations indicates hidden villainy, and every detail feels ho-hum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
His thesis is that Shakespeare early in his playwriting career followed the prevailing models of villainy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
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
Because both my brother and I could speak German and because the full villainy of the Germans was not yet evident, we brazenly questioned every German we thought might know something.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Vocabulary lists containing villainy
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Flora and Ulysses
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