villainy
Example Sentences
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An overwhelming handful, this early history play retains its popularity largely through the audacious villainy of its title character, one of Shakespeare’s most flamboyant sadists.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
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
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner was a fascinating Kundry, her superficial villainy barely concealing her longing for redemption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
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
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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