bad rap

Example Sentences

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"Sometimes we get a bit of a bad rap, because there's such a stigma about being a country artist from the UK," she added.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Florida appears to be getting a bad rap lately, at least in this column.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Nineteenth-century realist novels—those “loose baggy monsters,” in Henry James’s words—get a bad rap for being boring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“Eagles get a bad rap sometimes, and we see this in lots of parts of the world,” says Ng.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Sentences starting with there get a bad rap in many grammar guides.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner