How to Use bad time in a Sentence

bad time

noun
  • Warm all year round, there’s no bad time to plan a trip here.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • There is no bad time for brownies.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Is there ever a bad time for lasagna?
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Is there ever a bad time for shrimp and grits?
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Is there ever a bad time for a cocktail?
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There's no such thing as a bad time for an island getaway.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Want to make your Valentine’s Day a bad time?
    — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • And in a really bad time of the year for that to happen.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To be honest, there is really no bad time to go.
    — Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And this is not to ignore other creators who have had a bad time.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Legal expenses came at a bad time as their store rent tripled last year.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Might not be a bad time to put up an unprecedented third game of nine-plus dingers.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The injury, like all the ones the Mets have endured of late, comes at a bad time.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • There's never really a bad time to invest in a new pair of shoes.
    — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
  • In the South, there’s never a bad time for a potluck, even first thing in the morning.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
  • This is a bad time for China to be dealing with a crippling trade war.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • There's never really a bad time to buy a new pair of headphones.
    — Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Even the cutie Chi has to convince her mom that there's no bad time to snack on a candy cane.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Miller’s injury comes at a bad time for an exciting player whose strength is his speed.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • There’s never a bad time to start learning a new language, but this now may be ideal.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 May 2025
  • As for golf, this comes at a bad time for the sport's most influential player.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This came at a really bad time when most of us do the biggest chunk of our business for the year.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There's never a bad time for cheesy Alfredo.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • Gallup found that most Americans, 67%, see this as a bad time to buy a house.
    — Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2026
  • There’s never a bad time to stock up on flattering basics like this Gap tank.
    — Grace Smith, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • In the processing, the music came about, and most all of that was a really hard, bad time.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
  • The good news is that, honestly, there’s no bad time to visit India.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of the songs on The Tipping Point were written around a very bad time.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There are many Space Coast surf schools to choose from, and never a bad time of year to get in the water.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Open year-round, there's not a bad time to visit the property, which boasts a cozy dining room and fireplace.
    — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024

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