in a bad way
Example Sentences
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Metcalf: When I’m doing it, I have a vision of what it looks like, and it’s never anything like that and it shakes me up in a bad way.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
"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
You’re almost subterranean, but not in a bad way.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
“It makes me feel like I’m not invisible, but not in a bad way like when people sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to you in public and you want to drop through the floor.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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