How to use bad in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, noun
Bad means of low quality. Example: “That movie was really bad!”
Examples of bad by meaning
adjectiveOf low quality.
- That movie was really bad!
adjectiveInaccurate; incorrect.
- A bad guess.
- This sentence has bad grammar!
- He speaks bad German!
adjectiveUnfavorable; negative; not good.
- Hiring practice is very bad in this company.
- The weather looks pretty bad right now.
- You have very bad grades.
adjectiveNot suitable or fitting.
- Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
adjectiveNot appropriate, of manners etc.
- It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
- It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
adjectiveHarmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
adjectiveSickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.
- I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.
- I've had a bad back since the accident.
adjectiveThe injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.
More sentences with bad
- When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.From the entry stock
- Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.From the entry send
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.From the entry luck
- You were late, which was bad, but what's worse, you haven't even apologized yet.From the entry which
- Jose, when he finally managed to go to sleep, had a series of bad dreams.From the entry when
- That seems like a bad idea put against the restrictions we're working under.From the entry put
- I’m sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.From the entry upset
- Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.From the entry knowledge
- I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.From the entry fear
- We're concerned that our daughter has fallen in with a bad crowd.From the entry crowd
- Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.From the entry scrub
- Dang, girl! Your brother is gorgeous! I want him so bad!From the entry want
- I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.From the entry thence
- If you think her piano playing is bad, you should hear her sing!From the entry should
- Joe's crashing Higher Physics, even after I told him it was a bad idea.From the entry crash
- It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment.From the entry heat
- You've a bad back again, haven't you? - No, actually I haven't.From the entry haven't
- Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.From the entry top
- I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.From the entry mood
- Her love was crack to me, and I was hooked real bad.From the entry crack
- He has a bad aim, so he decided to join archery classes.From the entry aim
- Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.From the entry like
- Am citit o carte tare proastă. (I read a very bad book).From the entry absolute superlative
- Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day.From the entry dude
- It's not a bad haircut! You just got to let it marinate!From the entry marinate
Meaning of bad
- adjective Of low quality.
- adjective Inaccurate; incorrect.
- adjective Unfavorable; negative; not good.
Questions about bad in a sentence
- How do you use bad in a sentence?
- Bad is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “That movie was really bad!”
- What is a short sentence with bad?
- “A bad guess.”
- What does bad mean?
- Bad means of low quality.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bad (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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