How to Use villain in a Sentence
villain
noun
- He plays the villain in most of his movies.
- Don't try to make me the villain. It's your own fault that you're having these problems.
- She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly.
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The Movie in 1978, in the role of the evil villain Lex Luthor.
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Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
30 Jan. 2023
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In films, the villain was the bad guy trying to take over the world.
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Valentina Mejia,
refinery29.com,
31 Oct. 2022
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That’s the deal for a villain, as Green long ago learned.
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Ron Kroichick,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Apr. 2023
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Langer even brings great depth to the villain of the story.
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John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Sep. 2022
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On Brazil’s right, fans have their own villain on the team: the coach, Tite.
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Jack Nicas,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2022
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Each side wants to present itself as the hero, and the other as the villain.
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Globe Columnist,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Mar. 2023
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One of the reasons why is that an old villain has turned up to save the day.
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Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
23 Dec. 2022
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For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero.
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Cameron Pugh,
The Christian Science Monitor,
29 Jan. 2024
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Busch has never been afraid to speak his mind and take on the role of a villain.
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Greg Engle,
Forbes,
12 Feb. 2023
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That’s really the ending for both the hero and the villain.
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Tracy Brownstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2022
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So the horror villain of the summer is the pregnant man.
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New York Times,
5 Aug. 2022
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The first movie is dedicated to the villain, who beats the Avengers.
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Maren Estrada,
BGR,
29 Dec. 2022
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And of course, Archie is not this season's main villain.
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Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
20 June 2024
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The main villain is once again Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Dec. 2022
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Chucky is back again, and this time the villain has a love interest.
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Hannah Oh,
Seventeen,
19 Oct. 2022
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The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
3 Nov. 2024
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Laws is, to a large extent, the villain of the film, but Woodbine refused to see him that way.
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Stuart Miller,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2023
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There was no doubt about it: Charles and Camilla were the villains of this chapter.
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Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2023
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Christopher Waltz plays the villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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Emily Burack,
Town & Country,
5 Oct. 2022
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Last night, dressed as a villain from a Disney-era Star Wars flick, he ...
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Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
2 Sep. 2022
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Look out, Cruella de Vil, there's a new villain in town!
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Andrea Wurzburger,
Peoplemag,
25 Sep. 2022
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For Rocha, who is fresh out of the Area show from earlier in the day and dressed in spots, the answer is easy—a villain.
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Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
7 Sep. 2024
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Lately, many spin-off films with a focus on the villains have been made.
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Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2024
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Reckoning as one of the film's villains, is also a fan of the coconut cake.
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Nigel Smith,
Peoplemag,
12 July 2023
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Namor, the brown antihero of the film, is no shallow villain.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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The villain of that movie, the 49ers (6-9), used to represent everything the Lions hoped to become.
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Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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The blue skinned, cigar chomping alien has superstrength and healing powers, and has fought both heroes and villains.
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Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Dec. 2024
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