bad influence
Example Sentences
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"I'd probably say I was the one getting into the most trouble. I was the wee bad influence."
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
The pop-infused corrido, about a bad influence in his love life, is the most streamed música Mexicana song globally, the fourth most popular Latin song and the song most added globally to user-created playlists.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
My stepmother has called me a bad influence and my retort is I pay rent and buy my own clothes, she doesn’t get a say.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2023
"It felt like my identity was seen as dangerous because of the banning of a story like that. What about my story? Am I seen as a bad influence?"
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2022
He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
