The phrase "an evil influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a person, force, or situation that negatively affects someone's thoughts, actions, or well-being.
Example: "The villain in the story was portrayed as an evil influence, leading the protagonist down a dark path."
Alternatives: "a malevolent force" or "a harmful influence".
"You may end up being branded as having an evil influence," Yirenya-Tawiah says.
"Everybody said Jimmy Sheeley had an evil influence," Mr. Randazzo said.
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JUDGES LAY CRIME TO IMPROPER FILMS; Kings County Bench Condemns Movies as Exerting an Evil Influence on Children.
Bredsdorff appeared as a defence witness, during which he was described by Mr Justice Melford Stevenson as an "evil influence".
Mr. McCain only deepened his problems with evangelicals by telling reporters on Tuesday that Mr. Robertson and Mr. Falwell exerted an "evil influence" on the Republican Party.
The composition is a mixture of Bulgarian harmony and traditional Japanese notes; the haunting chorals are a wedding song sung to dispel all evil influences.
Her role was at best portrayed as an appendage to the great man; at worst, a harmful and evil influence on the liberation struggle.
The insults aimed at Bonner often portrayed her as a predatory Jew working her evil influence on a once-celebrated scientist and national hero.
"Germany Year Zero" relies on highly expressive photography to suggest the torments of its protagonist, a young boy who falls under evil influence.
In the summer of 1998, in the wake of the Columbine High School massacre, the NME ran a cover story in defence of goth rocker Marilyn Manson, who had been cited as the evil influence which turned a pair of teenage boys into the slayers of their fellow students.
