Example Sentences

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Now private-equity executives fill the roles of villains or antiheroes in shows like Billions and Succession, the latter providing this bit: “You know how, like, everyone hates you?”

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

You’re often played villains or antiheroes, including Macbeth and Father MacPhail in “His Dark Materials.”

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Nuanced antiheroes were not this show’s jam, and never did dark doings define the day.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

The couple’s extensive, expensive world travels — and Jerry’s hobby of writing semiautobiographical stories about adventurous antiheroes — raised eyebrows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

The Bard's villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, manifesting in the likes of Tony Soprano and Walter White – antiheroes positioned in their stories as heroes.

From Salon • May 18, 2023