badly behaved
Example Sentences
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After years of showing toxic male behavior onscreen, this TV season has seen plenty of badly behaved men — well, at least the fictional ones — receive retribution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
It is "no longer the new kid, more like the badly behaved uncle", and platforms like TikTok and X have "changed our society and its rules", she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
"Vomiting with stress before work, crying in work after badly behaved students so couldn't teach next class," said one unnamed teacher who took the survey, according to responses released by the union.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
“I felt sort of useless in his presence because I’m quite bumbly and quite badly behaved on set.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
