nasty

Example Sentences

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Doncaster's Harper, who suffered a nasty cut after a clash of heads in the eighth, showed great spirit to continue throwing until the final round.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In the especially nasty autumn of 1954, women in June Cleaver dresses and gas masks protested outside the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Micron, a recent darling of the semiconductor industry, is now on a nasty six-day losing streak, which has erased about one-quarter of its value.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

In August 2024, media executive Jeff Shell made his way to his lawyer’s office in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Century City to meet someone he had been told was behind nasty rumors about him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Now. You’re not going after those nasty humans, are you?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman