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Example sentences for: villainous

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While many scholars doubt that Empress Dowager Cixi played such a villainous role, her Summer Palace is undoubtedly lavish enough to have launched countless tales of luxury and decadence.
The cuddliest animals (Dalmatian puppies) are threatened with the most horrible fate (clubbing, skinning, being turned into fur coats) at the hands of the most villainous villainess, Cruella De Vil.
I also thought: How astounded we would have been, 25 years ago, to be told that the All the President's Men -ish movie of 1999 would portray CBS News as villainous and the attorney general of Mississippi as a hero.
Each of the previous Batman films had a sly, spry villainous turn, with Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, and Jim Carrey dancing through their roles.
A nation that had been placid suddenly raged with race riots and assassinations, manipulated by a crooked, villainous president and trapped in a terrible war.