badly behaved

Example Sentences

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After years of showing toxic male behavior onscreen, this TV season has seen plenty of badly behaved men — well, at least the fictional ones — receive retribution.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

It is "no longer the new kid, more like the badly behaved uncle", and platforms like TikTok and X have "changed our society and its rules", she said.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

“I felt sort of useless in his presence because I’m quite bumbly and quite badly behaved on set.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

I was in there at a time where people were very badly behaved.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

“Yes, dear, I know. Our kids aren’t so badly behaved themselves.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon