How to Use evildoer in a Sentence

evildoer

noun
  • The sheriff is protecting the community from evildoers.
  • If the camera lingers on a pair of stiletto heels, shouldn’t some evildoer be gaffed on one by the end of the episode?
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2021
  • An evildoer decides to do a reversal of the good and the bad.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Sometimes an evildoer will forge the grantor’s signature to a deed and then file the forged deed in the county deed records.
    — Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, Time, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Victim-shaming must be quelled, and the real evildoers called out and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
    — Mira Sorvino, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Prince Fichael lives in a human colony on an alien world and vows to rid the planet of evil — but then learns his dad’s the biggest evildoer of them all.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 10 July 2022
  • An evildoer or bad hacker might glean something from the steps and be armed to undermine the AI.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • At least with a plot or a scheme there are bad actors to blame, evildoers to curse, enemies to get revenge on.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 30 June 2024
  • Whole gangs of crows followed the evildoer, scolding and dive-bombing.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Heart of Stone 2 could follow the same format as the original film, with Rachel trying to keep the powerful Heart out of the hands of evildoers.
    — Temi Adebowale, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • There aren’t any foul words per se in the essay, other than alluding to the famed evildoer and equating that person with John Smith.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Imagine an evildoer that wants to make trouble for self-driving cars.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • He was supposed to be the hero who caught bad guys and investigated evildoers.
    — Scott Johnson, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
  • Fuss, fume, gnash teeth and point fingers at evildoers, real or imagined?
    — Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Having referred to John Smith as being like the famed evildoer, is absolutely a form of hate speech.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The Mission follows a group of scientists aiming to thwart the plans of an evildoer and is highlighted by a car chase through the desert, which was shot over five days last summer.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Known for parting the Red Sea, this powerful piece of wood channels God's energy to strike down evildoers.
    — Malcolm Gay, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2003
  • Would this newfound power bring out the best in you, instilling you with the courage to discreetly sabotage the efforts of evildoers?
    — Marc Longenecker, Time, 4 Mar. 2020
  • But if the other truth is ignored by parents, well, go on blaming guns for acts of evil instead of actual evildoers.
    — Greg Gutfeld, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • After gruesomely killing his first set of Italian evildoers in the third movie's opening scenes, McCall speaks out loud to his long-deceased wife.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Oopsie, suppose an evildoer finds or figures out the secret code.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • If the evildoers weren’t readily allowed access to the AI, the barrier to their dastardly ways would be stiffened.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024

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