bad influence
Example Sentences
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Here Bown and Keynes deploy their most memorable analogy: managing a teenager’s relationship with the neighborhood’s bad influence, a character they call “Dangerous Doug.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Describing a bad influence in his love life through a pop-infused corrido, “La Diabla” is ultimately what cemented him as a rising música Mexicana star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
Then he told her he would no longer bring the kids to see her every weekend, claiming his mother called her a bad influence.
From BBC ● May 17, 2024
You’re an adult and your desire to wear normal adult clothing and makeup is you being a normal 20-year-old, not you being a bad influence.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023
“Nobody’s allowed to be a bad influence on the rich kid.”
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
