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
  • The villain of the story is Haman, the adviser to the king.
    — CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But could the real villain of the film in fact be Andy’s boyfriend?
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Each side wants to present itself as the hero, and the other as the villain.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And why is it called the silent villain of heart disease?
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • As a teenager, Jean LaMarr played the villain in a school play.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Finding the strength to say those three words and being the villain in the story.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
  • Also new to the series is Rosamund Pike, who appears to be the villain of the piece.
    — Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Just a few degrees warmer and Dexter would be as dead as all the villains he’s killed in the past.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
  • In Chafkin’s telling, Thiel frequently comes across in the style of a Bond villain.
    — Declan Harty, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Judd Nelson, as the villain (repeat: Judd Nelson as the villain!), is not so fortunate.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025

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