badass

Example Sentences

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In short, Jarrell-Searcy was a bit of a badass.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Just for a moment, I wanted to join the badass gang that made subversive movies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The point being that I should not expect to be a badass street officer on Day 1.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

As the sweeping “O Fortuna” movement of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana thundered over the loudspeakers, he rose from underneath the stage while sitting on a badass, none-more-black throne decorated with skulls and a gigantic bat.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Not so much being called a princess—trust, I’d make a badass one—but the way he says it.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas