How to Use bad news in a Sentence

bad news

noun
  • There’s good news and bad news.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That may spell bad news for stocks.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
  • These days, that’s very bad news.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
  • As if this man needs more bad news.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Man, some guys are just bad news.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Oh, that sounds like bad news to you?
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 May 2026
  • This is both good news and bad news.
    — Hannah Ritchie, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But there was good news and bad news.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • For a kid, that’s not just bad news.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Or how much bad news has rubbed off on them.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • These weeds may look sweet, but one touch can be bad news.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • These weeds may look sweet, but one touch can be bad news.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • These weeds may look sweet, but one touch can be bad news.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But that, Koch warns, may be bad news.
    — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There is plenty of good and bad news.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And there's no use in hiding bad news.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Good news can be bad news for markets.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Other bad news came from the courts.
    — John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But there’s more bad news for millions of users.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Yet, in the oceans, not all viruses are bad news.
    — Joshua Weitz, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2026
  • If your house has siding, there’s good news and bad news.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • And there’s both good and bad news in that for Chiefs fans.
    — Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
  • But 10 years ago doctors came back with bad news.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Manoush Zomorodi has some good and bad news for you.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
  • In a world full of bad news, crushes can fuel us.
    — Pema Bakshi, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • This could be bad news for space mining startups.
    — New Atlas, 26 May 2026
  • There may be more bad news for homeowners.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There’s good news and bad news on the state of retirement.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

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