badness
Example Sentences
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The longer version of “Cursed Child” had more time to delve into Scorpius’ fears about his own identity, including the question of whether goodness and badness might be inherited traits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
I make mistakes, but here is what I've learned that helps me mitigate those feelings of badness that helps me overcome them or circumvent them the next time, hopefully.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
To give the story larger and more legible implications, she pushes the loosely drawn characters of the movie toward greater extremes of badness and goodness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Some MPs on the committee were taken aback by this revelation, with Mr Bryant saying: "That's quite high up there on the badness register, isn't it?"
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
Cal said brokenly, “I don’t think he could stand it. He hasn’t enough badness in him to stand it.”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
