How to Use bad boy in a Sentence

bad boy

noun

• He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
• Their dance moves aligned with punk jostling, giving them the aura of cinema’s suave bad boys.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2024
• One of these bad boys — an insulated picnic bag — will do all the hard work for you, keeping the cool in and the sun’s rays out; best used when aided with ice packs.
  — Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 26 Apr. 2024
• And why not run up and down the beach in these bad boys?
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Apr. 2024
• The bad boy who runs the school thanks to the fact that his parents own the school.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 14 Mar. 2019
• This bad boy will chill you all the way out in just a few swipes.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Nov. 2022
• Pick up a piece and you'll be shocked at how durable these bad boys are.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 4 Feb. 2020
• Xavier Niel is supposed to be the bad boy of French telecoms.
  — Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
• The song is about a woman who’s not settling for a bad boy.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2022
• Create a 30-minute dish with these bad boys, but cooked in two ways.
  — Luis Miguel Echegaray, SI.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Will Smith was a bad boy at the Oscars, but that won't kill the Bad Boys franchise.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 31 Jan. 2023
• Take that bad boy out, turn it on, and set your phone-camera timer.
  — Broti Gupta, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
• The chef world can be perceived as everyone’s wild and the chef is the bad boy type.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2021
• On Amazon, one of these bad boys, used to demonstrate the cuts of a fish, costs more than $7,000.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 24 June 2019
• Bust out this bad boy and build a collage of some of the coolest retro posters for some of the greatest films of all time.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 20 Nov. 2020
• In our minds, Target and Randall’s had a lovechild, and this bad boy was French.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2020
• Just think of all the delicious meals dad will be able to cook you with this bad boy.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
• Nobody missed the bad boy behavior of rock bands on the road.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2021
• Picture it: an uptight bookworm meets a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
• At the time, the job was to sing dark, moody songs about the sadomasochistic thrill of being in love with a bad boy.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 2 July 2024
• Be prepared for stares when rolling through the airport with this bad boy.
  — Deena Campbell, Essence, 19 May 2021
• Just like Carrie, Tess went for the aloof bad boy instead of the sure (and charming) thing.
  — refinery29.com, 21 May 2018
• That all changed when a doe stepped out of cover, then this bad boy burst onto the scene.
  — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
• Our chauffeur turns out to be Kyle Busch, something of a Nascar bad boy.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2019
• Tom Felton had a bit of Draco Malfoy's bad boy streak in him at the age of 14.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Scroll down for the 15 best edge tamers at a variety of price points that will keep those bad boys on point.
  — Shammara Lawrence, Allure, 26 Mar. 2018
• Just make sure to pair these bad boys with your favorite no-show socks to prevent swamp feet!
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• Food challenge-lovers, try eating two feet of this bad boy.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• Any home cook or health fanatic would love to test this bad boy out in their own kitchen.
  — Reviewed Staff, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2019
• By all means, let’s run these bad boys through our national parks, too.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Dec. 2017

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024