villainy
Example Sentences
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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
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
Some see the titular head of the villainy as their personal savior.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025
Huston’s ready-made villainy won’t suffer either, although I’m pretty sure a shot of him closing his eyes — ostensibly in monstrous reverie — is really just an attempt to remember better gigs.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024
"So much villainy, it sings a sad song for our age. Did honor die with our fathers?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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