Sentence examples for dastardly action from inspiring English sources

He also has another advantage — he's able to find an old friend, Chucky, a bar owner (played by Michael Imperioli), who helps him to get on his feet and also helps him in his search into his past, to find out who might have had cause to take such dastardly action against him.

It's called Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, and it's a ripping barnburner full of outlandish action, heroic and dastardly characters, roller coaster rhymes and some absolutely fabulous illustrations by Brendan Kearney.

The 1887 Perry A. Armstrong book, The Sauks and the Black Hawk War, called Throckmorton's actions "inhuman and dastardly" and went on to call him a "second Nero or Calligula ".

Like the prince of Denmark, President Obama delayed taking action even as evidence mounted of dastardly deeds.

With Mr Ramaphosa a director in Lonmin - the multinational that owns the mine - he was accused of betraying the workers he once fought for, especially after emails emerged showing he had called for action against the miners for engaging in "dastardly criminal acts" - an apparent reference to their wildcat and violent strike.

Ramaphosa was criticized for an email written days before the killings that described the "strike-related" violence at Lonmin as "dastardly criminal" and called for police to take "concomitant action". A judicial commission of inquiry into the tragedy cleared Ramaphosa of any responsibility.

In the run up to the massacre, Ramaphosa emailed politicians and police urging them to take tougher action against the striking miners, who he said were "plainly dastardly criminals and must be characterized as such".

In the run up to the massacre, Ramaphosa emailed politicians and police urging them to take tougher action against the striking miners, who he said were "plainly dastardly criminals and must be characterised as such".

It's an idea Disney first floated to good effect in 1996, with its live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close as the dastardly Cruella de Vil.

Glenn Close, back as Cruella in this live-action Disney sequel, is joined by Gerard Depardieu (as a dastardly French furrier) and scores of cute spotted dogs.

Ironclad (121 mins, 15) Terrible action movie about some knights (including James Purefoy and Brian Cox) defending Rochester Castle against the dastardly King John Paul Giamattii) and his Danish mercenaries.