badass

Example Sentences

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The point being that I should not expect to be a badass street officer on Day 1.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

“Make a movie where he is an absolute badass but also has some heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

“They’ve been waiting for this their whole life, this opportunity to just be a badass or whatever they think,” Dunham said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

As the sweeping “O Fortuna” movement of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana thundered over the loudspeakers, he rose from underneath the stage while sitting on a badass, none-more-black throne decorated with skulls and a gigantic bat.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

“Come on, Charlotte! If I can do it, so can you. Besides, if you’re going to grow up to be a badass like me, you’ve got to learn how to strut.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith