How to Use badge in a Sentence

badge

noun
  • Don't forget to wear your name badge.
  • The policeman flashed his badge.
  • The receptionist glanced at my visitor's badge.
  • She earned 10 merit badges in scouting.
  • Canepa told us that’s a badge of honor.
    — Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • More distinct brand than most car badges.
    — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There's even a blank badge so the kids can write in their own award.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Wear a badge and follow the rules − or go home.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • What does the black band mean on police badges?
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Wear a badge and follow the rules -- or go home.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Who says adults can’t earn merit badges?
    — The Editors, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Buzzes, badges, and streaks turned it into more than a goal.
    — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Scouts have had the chance to complete the new badges for about a week now.
    — Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lauren Antonoff once wore that badge, too.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025
  • My regrets are, in a way, badges of honor.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Buttons, badges and pins are not allowed.
    — Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Sep. 2025
  • So journalists, wear the badge with pride.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Here, the threat may arrive with a badge, a laptop bag and a calm voice.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • So to pay for a hotel badge — and not get it — left scores of people livid.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Those of us who have worn the badge understand its limits.
    — Diane Goldstein, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
  • Edwards was wearing a gold police badge on his belt in the shape of a star.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Luckett said the full process of creating the badges takes about a year.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
  • His police badges were still stored in the car’s center console.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Our badge of honor Why do any of us run and train for marathons, anyway?
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The scoutmaster called up two children to present badges to her and the princess.
    — The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Successive teams leave plaques and badges on a wall that records their passage.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But the badges are strongly linked with the rodeo's volunteers.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Not all EVs need to wear the affordable badge.
    — New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The older man wore a badge with a photo of himself as a new recruit.
    — Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This is where Lane Cake is a baker’s badge of honor.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025

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