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

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

The three members of the all-female group - Rumi, Mira, and Zoey - are secretly "badass demon hunters" who protect their legions of fans from supernatural dangers.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

Before I met her here at Maldonado’s, I only knew her as the neighboring school district’s badass hockey star who would periodically get mentioned in small-town gossip.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King