villainy
Example Sentences
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Instead, “Welcome to Derry” allows the place’s homegrown villainy to speak for itself.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner was a fascinating Kundry, her superficial villainy barely concealing her longing for redemption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
“It’s over with,” the 61-year-old Republican said of Epstein and his villainy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
Huston’s ready-made villainy won’t suffer either, although I’m pretty sure a shot of him closing his eyes — ostensibly in monstrous reverie — is really just an attempt to remember better gigs.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024
"So much villainy, it sings a sad song for our age. Did honor die with our fathers?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing villainy
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Flora and Ulysses
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