Examples of bad boy in a Sentence
He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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Known in the late 1990s as the resident bad boy of his pop group, Backstreet Boys, McLean, now 47, says he’s getting accustomed to the area in the hopes of buying a place in town next year.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
If fast cars and bad boys are your thing, head to the movies.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
But a boy band can’t have five bad boys — a fundamental issue with constructing a pop group full of demons.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 15 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
If fast cars and bad boys are your thing, head to the movies.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
But a boy band can’t have five bad boys — a fundamental issue with constructing a pop group full of demons.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 15 July 2025
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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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