How to Use bad boy in a Sentence

bad boy

noun
  • He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
  • 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 | Bflanagan@al.com, 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
  • Luke Perry’s motorcycle-riding bad boy was James Dean with a trust fund.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 14 July 2024
  • State of play: These wide-eyed, bad boys are native to Iowa and change colors in the late fall, developing deep red, yellow and crimson hues along their bellies.
    Linh Ta, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024

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