How to Use dastardly in a Sentence

dastardly

adjective
  • Because even their dastardly henchmen are freaked out by their evil acts.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Never fear, some dastardly hiccups along the road have not changed the heart of this show.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Even if the evil swarm cannot be stopped, the good swarm can deflect it and help save you from its dastardly efforts.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Part of the fun of it, in a way, is trying to find the fallacy or the hole in the dastardly scheme.
    — Dallas News, 13 July 2021
  • And female thieves have a dastardly tactic to thwart their pursuers.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But in the morning, that dastardly alarm clock wakes you from a stoned slumber and something just isn’t right.
    — Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • View second photo for some insight on his dastardly ways.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But Gumrukcu, 42, failed to pull off his most dastardly trick.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • No, a dastardly plot was not at play, according to the theorists.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Rudd lets his sparkly eyes go dark behind his big ‘80s glasses when a dastardly plot is afoot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2021
  • This is where that dastardly Southern contraction is not our friend.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The dastardly First Order has set up a base in the northeast corner.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The mayor’s reprise of the song at the end of the first act, meant to justify the dastardly, is anything but funny.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Of all the dastardly things Caligula was known for, his pleasure barges were the most infamous.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • But what Manuela doesn't know is that her fiancé is the real dastardly pirate, long retired.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 June 2022
  • But give the nod to Blade, the 2-foot-tall dude with the hook for a left hand, knife for the right and a dastardly, chalky visage.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The bullet chamber, thanks to dastardly Judd, is empty.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Jim Boeheim and that dastardly zone did it again (a la 2016 as a No.
    — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Winter lasts a dastardly long time in Minnesota.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
  • There is a chance too that an outsider broke into the internals of AI and made dastardly changes.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • All that was left was a single high heel, no doubt dislodged after the host put up an epic struggle against her dastardly kidnapper.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
  • Aemon One Eye is a dastardly character, replete with an evil smirk and eye patch.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • And Dakota is a dastardly dog, so this is obviously not the correct vibe.
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Among them, there must be a car, a woman (more than one, in fact), a gadget, an exotic location and a dastardly plan.
    — CNN, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Okay, kidding aside, once Teddy reveals his dastardly plan Alicia takes his gun and points it at him.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • And yes, that would-be love story gets caught up in a dastardly murder plot that threatens England’s very sovereignty.
    — John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024
  • That dastardly group loved pollution.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • Blanc is trying to put together a puzzle, but most of its pieces are rooted in the human foibles that drive people to do dastardly things.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The new pro-Biden talking point is that those dastardly Republicans are trying to have it both ways.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Far from being some dastardly act of espionage and double-dealing, Cartwright made his fateful choice out of love.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

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