How to Use badass in a Sentence

badass

1 of 2 adjective
  • This was sort of a badass Bond girl.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Kylie makes a badass green bean casserole.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
  • That's super badass, by the way.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Here’s a lesson in how to take a car from badass to bad taste.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The parting gift to the journey is a cachet of badass cool.
    — Cynthia Drescher, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2017
  • The other is smart, chic, badass, fantastic shoes.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • One is smart, chic, badass, fantastic women.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And that’s with a badass winter storm during its second weekend.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The team of Amanda and Monica is so badass.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Part of the appeal of The Witcher 3 is in being that badass.
    — ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026
  • But wanted to keep it still badass and crime oriented, but still have the heart of a redemption story.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • For us, the badass women can be in front of the camera, behind the camera, the subject of the story.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And selfishly, getting to be the badass final girl, covered in blood and kicking ass, is a dream role.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Even Xavier, who’s obviously the most badass guy in the world, is not totally equipped.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Even Xavier, who’s obviously the most badass guy in the world, is not totally equipped.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Jane was a genius and a badass communicator on behalf of species and habitats that lack a voice.
    — Ellie Goulding, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • So, thanks to the writers who write this action in and give stunt women the opportunity to be badass.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Jawan switched up his response this time, nodding in the affirmative while looking semi-pleased with his badass self.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Nobody was more badass to crank up on our speakers than the one and only prince of darkness - Ozzy Osborne!
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This is something Kang was championing — badass characters who also veg out on the couch without makeup on.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The former linebacker has earned his players’ respect through ‘badass’ practice habits that include joining drills and letting players hit him.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Amid the chaos is a quartet of badass girls, including Hari Nef’s Bex, who wields a nail gun like nobody’s business.
    — Samantha Allen, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
  • The trailer ends on a battle between He-Man and a pretty badass-looking Skeletor.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Especially with everyone thinking black paint and black wheels and all black everything makes for a badass vehicle.
    — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Meet the most badass Dachshund Every sport needs a bad boy, and that extends to the world of canine agility competitions.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • What if a badass Mandalorian bounty hunter became the enamored protector of, get this!
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • Relatively meaningless but still badass.
    — Asha Dore, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Pam Grier became a cinematic icon with her badass performance in this cult favorite from the Blaxploitation era.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Miller is one of the badass women who have starred in the Power Universe, a franchise that does a great job of spotlighting strong and fearless female characters.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • Much of the first film’s pleasure came from the gradual reveal that its unassuming, middle-aged central character was in fact the sort of badass who can overcome gangs of lethally armed men half his age.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025

badass

2 of 2 noun
  • There’s always something really cool to me about the badass with the sidekick.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Maddy being a badass and owning her own company with a man that deserves her.
    — Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And each approached the figure of the gun-toting, knife-wielding badass from her own point of view, creating archetypes that are still in use today.
    — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Then there's Nancy Wheeler, who goes from wide-eyed girl next door to gun-slinging badass—and her hair has become bigger and wilder to match.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But here, in the strongest era of his leading man status, Caine is a dashing, moral, relentless badass who takes out an entire family of rich creeps.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
  • Evangeline is an incredibly intelligent, talented, and heart-centered badass with the perfect voice for the project.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • And Jessica turns out to be a genuine badass, using her athletic skills to leap across buildings and holding her own in a battle with a female opponent armed with a sword.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The blood and visceral imagery plays an important role of not only setting the oppressive tone, but also in establishing your character as an absolute badass.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Here's a wish-fulfillment political fantasy, with Harrison Ford as a bipartisan badass every American can agree on.
    — Kevin P. Sullivan, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
  • Jango Fett may have been taken away from us far, far too soon, but now Lego-loving Star Wars fans can memorialize this bounty-hunting badass, father of Boba Fett, with this Lego Star Wars Jango Fett helmet.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Best of all, fan favorite and Marvel Defender badass Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) enlivens the action while Vanessa, Fisk’s fascinating soulmate portrayed with a luminosity as well as a pointed edge by Ayelet Zurer, advance the storyline.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

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