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
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
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
"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 could move her away from her mother and that bad influence.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
