BAD in a Sentence

Learn BAD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for BAD, such as:

1. Don't feel bad growing old.
2. A bad penny always turns up.
3. He's got such a bad reputation.
4. Better be alone than in bad company.
5. I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.

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 Meanings and Examples of BAD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bad
 a.  unpleasant and causing difficulties or harm
 a.  of low quality, or not acceptable
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You're a bad girl, Mattie Silver, and I always known it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  Give me a good horse to ride and some good licker to drink and a good girl to court and a bad girl to have fun with and anybody can have their Europe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  She always felt secure when Ellen was by her, for there was nothing so bad that Ellen could not better it, simply by being there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  "I'm as bad as Honey Wilkes," she thought suddenly, and remembered how everyone, and she more than anyone else, had laughed contemptuously at Honey's forward conduct.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  You is as bad as Miss Pitty an she lak a chile bout gittin her feets wet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  She had never seen a bad woman before and she twisted her head and stared after her until she was lost in the crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  But they'd suspect it was your bedroom and that's just as bad.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Scarlett kicked the coverlet in impotent rage, trying to think of something bad enough to say.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  The other women were simply silly and hysterical with their talk of patriotism and the Cause, and the men were almost as bad with their talk of vital issues and States' Rights.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  If you were too nice to young husbands, their wives said you were fast and you got a bad reputation and never caught any beaux of your own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  "Oh, I can't believe he's that bad," said Melly gently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  It would put her in such a bad light as a chaperon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  He is a thoroughly bad character who would take advantage of your youth and innocence to make you conspicuous and publicly disgrace you and your family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  He's got such a bad reputation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  I'm sure he can't be all the bad things Dr. Meade and Mrs. Merriwether say he is.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I'm not going to let him repair my bike again because he made a really bad job of it last time.
17  See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
18  No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.
19  Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to.
20  In almost every face and every person, they may discover fine feathers and defects, good and bad qualities.
21  It is better to be alone than in bad company.
22  Better be alone than in bad company.
23  A bad penny always turns up.
24  In scandal, as in robbery,the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
25  The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.
26  I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
27  Don't feel bad growing old.
28  The book caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the students.
29  I was picked on to announce the bad news.
30  The security is so bad here that anyone can simply walk in and take what he wants.