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.
  • The Movie in 1978, in the role of the evil villain Lex Luthor.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In films, the villain was the bad guy trying to take over the world.
    — Valentina Mejia, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • That’s the deal for a villain, as Green long ago learned.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Langer even brings great depth to the villain of the story.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • On Brazil’s right, fans have their own villain on the team: the coach, Tite.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Each side wants to present itself as the hero, and the other as the villain.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • One of the reasons why is that an old villain has turned up to save the day.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 23 Dec. 2022
  • For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Busch has never been afraid to speak his mind and take on the role of a villain.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Paul was aptly cast as the heel and leaned into the part of the villain with ease.
    — Steven Monacelli, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2022
  • And now in the final cut, Stormfront is the real villain of the movie.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 June 2022
  • That’s really the ending for both the hero and the villain.
    — Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • So the horror villain of the summer is the pregnant man.
    — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The villain, Harper (Jamie Bell), is clear to viewers from the start.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The first movie is dedicated to the villain, who beats the Avengers.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 29 Dec. 2022
  • And of course, Archie is not this season's main villain.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 June 2024
  • Ainge, who scored 30 points in Game 2, was already a villain to Bucks fans.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
  • In the movie, Elba plays Knuckles, who is one half of a villain.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The main villain is once again Col. Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Chucky is back again, and this time the villain has a love interest.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The film stars, of all people, Hugh Grant, who is said to have an amazing turn as a villain in the film.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Laws is, to a large extent, the villain of the film, but Woodbine refused to see him that way.
    — Stuart Miller, Variety, 24 Jan. 2023
  • There was no doubt about it: Charles and Camilla were the villains of this chapter.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Christopher Waltz plays the villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Last night, dressed as a villain from a Disney-era Star Wars flick, he ...
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Sep. 2022
  • With a crew cut and a cocky attitude, Kilmer took blond '80s villains to a whole other level with Iceman.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But new life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters’ grit and resolve.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025

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