nasty

Example Sentences

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In the especially nasty autumn of 1954, women in June Cleaver dresses and gas masks protested outside the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Micron, a recent darling of the semiconductor industry, is now on a nasty six-day losing streak, which has erased about one-quarter of its value.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

There is something "particularly nasty about this disease", which causes "untold pain" to families, Nutt said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

But others, he lets us know, were often very nasty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The man yowled and jumped away from the bush, shaking his hand in pain as blood ran from a nasty scratch.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook