How to Use nasty in a Sentence

nasty

adjective

• 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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• 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
• The Get Back sessions get nasty, with George quitting the band (offscreen).
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
• Tiffany Stratton took a nasty bump to the outside where the women barely caught her.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• The main clue: A nasty flu season just ended in Australia.
  — Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2022
• An ideal ‘The Boys’ finds a way to embody, even when things get truly nasty.
  — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
• And the police commissioner was very nasty about it to her.
  — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• When my plate arrived, my friend made a face as though it was smeared with something nasty.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Later, he’ll get riled up and turn nasty, at which point his bias starts to affect our perception of things.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024