bad attitude

Example Sentences

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Suddenly I was supposedly the one with the bad attitude, who didn't want to play for England or felt he was too good to be on standby - which was not true at all.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“Trips to China have made me grumpy and given me a bad attitude toward American-market EVs,” wrote Kevin Williams at InsideEVs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

But his past as editor in chief of the subversive skateboard magazine Big Brother required a similar bad attitude and sense of humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

“He’s been grinding and never had a bad attitude even though he hasn’t been playing a lot. He waits his turn and comes up with a big swing.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2022

Some people said—okay, it wasn’t some people, it was my uncle who runs the barbershop—Uncle Duke said that I had a bad attitude about Harlem.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers