too bad

Example Sentences

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I don’t travel that much, but if you’re going to be at the airport for three hours or more, I feel like $90 isn’t too bad of a price.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

“It’s amazing how people change once they have the job. It’s too bad, sort of disloyalty,” he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

“I’m not too bad myself, though,” I said shortly afterward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

It is too bad the book’s discussion of Hitchcock is limited to the MacGuffin, because the filmmaker had an insight of great relevance to Mr. Foster’s topic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

It’s too bad you can’t study bubble gum and get graded for it, because Imogene would get straight A’s.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson