in a bad way
Example Sentences
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"He was a 70-year-old non-Jewish man with a seriously broken leg, lying on cold, wet ground, and clearly in a bad way," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
The market is in a bad way right now, as the economy faces plenty of risk.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“California is thought of as the crazy people. ... I don’t mean that in a bad way — though I know some people do — but we do things differently here.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
You’re almost subterranean, but not in a bad way.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
It was Pimpernel and I could tell at once that he was in a bad way.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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