bad influence
Example Sentences
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Collins added that she did not feel proms were a good thing and instead were a bad influence on children.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
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
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
There is no doubt that your grandfather’s reactionary class standing had a bad influence on your father’s thoughts, and he naturally passed them on to you.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
