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

Instead, “Welcome to Derry” allows the place’s homegrown villainy to speak for itself.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

“It’s over with,” the 61-year-old Republican said of Epstein and his villainy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

These men have been caught halfway through their transformation: ordinary bodies but with powerful, supernatural heads, deformed in the direction of heroism, or villainy.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood