How to Use baddie in a Sentence

baddie

noun
  • But the baddie is on to them and soon, the three are on the run.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
  • The main agent of evil, the baddie, in that play is called Aaron.
    National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2016
  • And the ladies’ guide through the tough world of baddie-busting?
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 27 June 2019
  • This bag is for the 9 to 5 baddie, the woman with things to do and places to be.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Big baddie Thanos wants all the Stones and the Avengers must stop him from getting them.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The thing that upsets me in movies is when the baddies all just get slaughtered.
    Jen Yamato, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Porkalob chose the role of Rutledge, a baddie with a big number.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The city is up for grabs, and every baddie is eager to make his name.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Maya Rudolph has no problem taking on the role of a baddie.
    Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2022
  • At the end of that movie, baddie Thanos snapped his fingers and destroyed half of all life in the universe.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 6 July 2018
  • As our collective fears shift, so do the baddies that stand in for them.
    Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
  • And then there's the Seanchan, the big baddies from book two who show up for real in the show's second episode.
    Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The baddie has to have something humanizing in him, and the hero has to have some flaws.
    Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • What Kids Like: Kevin's ingenuity saves the day and puts the baddies away.
    Suelain Moy, Parents, 14 June 2024
  • The space will be an expansion to the park and feature rides and more all themed to Disney baddies.
    Megan Dubois, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • In a video game, that translates to a more difficult baddie to beat.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Yes, Mac and Melba will try to kill you like any other Claws baddie.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 8 June 2019
  • The good-humored cast is endearing all round, even the baddies.
    Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2017
  • The true baddies are far more sinister than the greedy conman.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The baddie this go-round is Adrian Toomes, aka the Vulture, played by the aforementioned Keaton.
    David Frese, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017
  • And by nature of having very little to lose, the cast weren’t scared of being seen as baddies.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • The vamp-like baddie fights Zoro with only a knife—and handily beats our hero.
    William Goodman, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Crash figures out who the true baddies are with a bit of help from Daisy’s assistant Nell Burns.
    Jean Marie Brown, star-telegram.com, 4 July 2017
  • The rakish law man would chase a baddie across Kentucky back roads and trailer parks.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Waving a white handkerchief, Red steps into view of Sven and Zhang and urges the baddies to stay calm.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Mustang is playing the role of the rich baddie in this story, and a look at the pricing shows the monetary gulf between the two.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022
  • There’s no question that there’s a baddie out there that has yet to surface, and episode 7 got us closer to the big reveal.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The baddie in this scenario is entirely of our own making: avarice and urban sprawl come to bite us in the ass.
    Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
  • Democrats dream of a time when Republicans turn their backs on Donald Trump, and when all of America views him as a baddie.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024

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