Sentence examples for plain villain from inspiring English sources

He emphasised the plausible charm of the murderous Iago to a degree that Agate thought "very good Richardson, but indifferent Shakespeare", whereas The Times said, "He never stalked or hissed like a plain villain, and, in fact, we have seldom seen a man smile and smile and be a villain so adequately".

On the other hand, "It must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain.

Her cruelty is all the more hateful because she keeps herself unaware of it — she isn't even a plain-dealing villain.

Her cruelty is all the more hateful because she keeps herself unaware of it—she isn't even a plain-dealing villain.

The Shakespeare on the Sound cast never quite pulls the full meaning out of the lines with more arcane terms or unfamiliar structure, but they do well when the period language is clear to 21st-century ears (e.g., "I am a plain-dealing villain"; "You have killed a sweet lady").

With Nigel Farage going big budget like some sort of bombastic hide-in-plain-sight Bond villain, it's hard for young people to really compete, so well done Sibi Moore and Claire Green for your quite-underwhelming-but-at-least-you-had-a-go protest.

Bateman isn't hiding: he's a murderous villain in plain sight.

Red herrings — false clues, false leads, false suspects — must be embedded in the narrative, even as the villain hides in plain sight.

Virtually nobody in life is a simple villain or a plain- vanilla saint.

Sometimes, especially in suspense/thriller genres, villains "work" in plain view.

Choose the degree of evilness or just plain "ick" you want to place into your villain.