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
The remarks included the claim some children were "just really badly behaved", and parents were swapping diagnosis tips on social media.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 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
Casting Rudd as a star with limited acting talent and a reputation for being a badly behaved narcissist is a simple gambit.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2023
Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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