How to Use nasty in a Sentence

nasty

adjective
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  • The medicine left a nasty taste in my mouth.
  • She called him a few nasty names and left.
  • He said lots of downright nasty things about her.
  • He sent a nasty letter to the company.
  • She's got quite a nasty temper.
  • That nasty old man yelled at me just for stepping on his lawn!
  • She has a nasty habit of biting her fingernails.
  • Well, at the time, in the 1970s, British film was kind of nasty.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The Sandero proves that cheap doesn't have to mean nasty.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
  • The forecast is for the weather to turn nasty on the weekend.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The last thing the franchise and Lillard should want is a nasty split.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • He was dragged a few feet and got a nasty case of carpet burn.
    — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Trump, too, has had nasty words for McConnell over the years.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In baseball, a lot of nasty stuff comes out of the other dugout.
    — Carl Erskine, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Now factor in that nasty 19.5% surge in the cost-of-living.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 17 June 2024
  • To get to the Super Bowl, there’s going to be those crazy, nasty wins.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
  • In the first half, the 34-year-old striker took a nasty fall after a hard challenge in the box.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Nothing but me in that nasty room, and a lot of unknown.
    — David Walters, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
  • The grandfather received a nasty burn from the slide that was hot from the heat.
    — cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • Now my husband gets very nasty and insults me all the time.
    — cleveland, 1 May 2022
  • But then there's one or two nasty comments, and those stick in my brain.
    — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 14 Apr. 2022
  • This man walked in, grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around, and rammed his nasty-ass tongue down my throat.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s the scoop on the smooth, rich pours to share at your next picnic — and the nasty, bitter brews to ban from the party.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
  • The whole, nasty cocktail, destructive of soul, mind, and body.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But how dare Joe Biden say such nasty things about them for doing so?
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But a few rules of thumb can stave off some nasty surprises.
    — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Head here to find out how Jobe learned to harness his nasty slider.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2023
  • It's just been a really nasty place to be since Elon Musk took over.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Ortega scored a nasty KO win after a knee and follow-up punches in 2016.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ubah is taking the nastiest things that people say about Brynn on the internet, bringing it onto the show, and throwing it in her face.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025

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