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How to use badge in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Badge means a distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. Example: “He has got his badge, and piked.”

Examples of badge by meaning

nounA distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the...

  • the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman

nounA brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

  • He has got his badge, and piked.

nounAn icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.

  • When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.

nounA police officer.

  • That's why every badge back home wanted to nail him.1995, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by actor (Robert De Niro)

verbTo mark or distinguish with a badge.

  • The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.

verbTo show a badge to.

  • He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.

verbTo enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.

  • Apparently they didn’t try and badge their way through.2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135
  • Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.2006, David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker’s challenge 3, page 338

More sentences with badge

  • The special agents flashed their badges as they entered the building.From the entry flash
  • Police who film protesters while covering up their own badge numbers have no respect for equiveillance.From the entry equiveillance
  • Since it's your last day, badge out with HR before you go home.From the entry badge out
  • Fraternity brothers are allowed badge out after they are officially inducted.From the entry badge out
  • It was easy add his the new merit badge to his uniform because the patch had a hot seal backing.From the entry hot seal
  • Gravy stains down your shirt are not a source of embarrassment; they are a badge of honour.2025 February 20, Jay Rayner, “This is my final OFM column. Here’s what I’ve learned about buffets, ‘clean eating’ and what not to serve…. From the entry scuzziest
  • If that earns me the MechaHitler badge, I'll wear it proudly.2025 July 8, Grok, “Grok on X”, in X, the Everything App, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2025. From the entry MechaHitler
  • Known as 'Badgers', their sweatshirts and badges use a badger logo.2021, Jo Byrne, Badger Book, page 153. From the entry badger
  • The police badge worked like a dream with both Alice and Kerry.2015 October 27, Tim O'Rourke, Flashes, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry flash
  • The honor of becoming a webelo scout was a distinct kind of merit badge.2012 November 19, Robert Colacurcio PhD, Real Presence: a Method for Finding God in All Things, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry Webelo
  • One quoted him as saying: “If my night man interferes I'll take his badge off.”2012, Arthur F. Raper, The Tragedy of Lynching, →ISBN. From the entry night man
  • Some were interned as Communists, or as immigrants, who wore the blue badge.2011, Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues, Toronto: HarperCollins, published 2013, Part 2, pp. 49-50. From the entry asocial
  • “Now, for every power that you accrue, you shall receive a star badge like these.2010 May 10, Bert Youn, Pete Browngardt, & Adam Muto, “Wizard” (3:19 from the start), in Adventure Time, season 1, episode 11, spoken by…. From the entry betoken
  • Our uniform is a green Scout shirt with the Group necker, woggle and badges.2010, Tom Dyer, Welcome to Scouting: An introduction to Scouting at the 1st Dinas Powys Scout Group for new Scouts and their parents…. From the entry necker
  • Every time I laced up my Nikes, they became my badge of honor.2010, Dottie Lessard, Seven Letters That Saved My Life, page 31. From the entry Nikes
  • Alec and Rob handed her their leather bifolds containing their picture identification with their badges pinned inside.2007, George Feild, Deadly Agendas: An Alec Caldwell Novel, →ISBN. From the entry bifold
  • Carla balked for a moment, but when the badge and identification was produced, she acquiesced immediately.2004, Derek Hart, Tidal Trap, page 114. From the entry balk
  • Melanie, propped and bed-jacketed, wore her white-rabbit mask, rosy eyes and nose, like a badge of privilege.2002, Caroline Slate, The House on Sprucewood Lane, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry bed-jacketed
  • Do you think these scars I wear are badges of gamecraft?2001, Gherbod Fleming, Werewolf, page 266. From the entry gamecraft
  • A pair of loon pants and a CND badge complete the effect.2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 101. From the entry loon pants
  • The witnesses for the prosecution had badges, and they had stories to tell.1999 May 25, Frank Pellegrini, “Too Despicable for the Blue Wall of Silence”, in Time. From the entry blue wall of silence
  • As I was wearing no badges of rank I was mistaken for an other rank.1992, AJ Deane-Drummond, Arrows of Fortune, page 42. From the entry other rank
  • Miguel picked up his badge and walked to the mirror with it.1990, Bruce Benderson, “The Mass Production of Teenagers”, in Pretending to Say No: A Novella and Eleven Stories, New York, N.Y.: Plume…. From the entry shorties
  • The badge is one of the two wildebeesten in the armorial bearings of the Province of Natal.1964, Philip J. R. Moyes, Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft, London: MacDonald, page 216, column 1. From the entry wildebeesten
  • You know, I'll bet my badge right now; we haven't seen the last of those weirdies.1957, Ed Wood, 58:46 from the start, in Plan 9 from Outer Space, spoken by Lieutenant John Harper (Duke Moore). From the entry weirdie
  • Badge : A Cross-urdé resting on wreath of laurels and oak banded gold.1915, The Autocar. From the entry urdé
  • For Wang, the recent graduate, the CCP badge is essential.2022 August 15, Vic Chiang, Christian Shepherd, “In China, civil servant chic is the new look for straitened times”, in The Washington…. From the entry Hanzhong
  • The use of pronoun badges is intended to enforce TWAW.2022 June 29, Helen Saxby (@helensaxby11), Twitter. From the entry TWAW
  • A flashed badge wouldn't make anyone on the Strike management team clutch their pearls, except maybe Darryl, but he wasn't here.2020, Mindy Mejia, Strike Me Down, page 226. From the entry clutch one's pearls
  • Some of them had the blue badges that identified them as government employees, or as contractors called them, "govvies".2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry govvy
  • Opposition to climate science has become not just the badge of honour for far-right politicians like Ukip’s Paul Nuttall.2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in The Guardian. From the entry tenet
  • I bought a gold earring for Barrabas, her badge as a Cape Horner, as a tribute and a thank you.2017, Adrian Flanagan, The Cape Horners' Club. From the entry Cape Horner

Meaning of badge

  1. noun A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
  2. noun A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  3. noun A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

Full definition of badge

Questions about badge in a sentence

How do you use badge in a sentence?
Badge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He has got his badge, and piked.”
What is a short sentence with badge?
“He has got his badge, and piked.”
What does badge mean?
Badge means a distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: badge (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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