badass

Example Sentences

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The University of Cambridge graduate proclaimed to all young girls watching on BBC TV: "You can be an academic badass and a track goddess."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s 1981, and Quatro, a pint-sized, leather-clad, four-string-plucking badass, may be the first to feature lipstick in a music video.

From Salon • 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

It turns out Benedict Arnold was a certified badass for America.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

“That’d be kind of badass, though, don’t you think?”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline