How to Use baddie in a Sentence

baddie

noun
  • But the baddie is on to them and soon, the three are on the run.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
  • But the fire guys are our first big Na’vi baddies.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The big baddies, their minions, and one evil dude.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The main agent of evil, the baddie, in that play is called Aaron.
    — National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2016
  • And the ladies’ guide through the tough world of baddie-busting?
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 27 June 2019
  • In his films, there are no baddies, and yet the stories work so well.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • Whence the baddie of season one?
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The city is up for grabs, and every baddie is eager to make his name.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • As our collective fears shift, so do the baddies that stand in for them.
    — Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
  • The thing that upsets me in movies is when the baddies all just get slaughtered.
    — Jen Yamato, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Matteo gets taken hostage, but still helps his new dad take out the baddie.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This bag is for the 9 to 5 baddie, the woman with things to do and places to be.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
  • So many songs for Black Star were born in the strip club or in the midst of baddies.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In a video game, that translates to a more difficult baddie to beat.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Trueno and Young Miko are baddies and besties riding through the city.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Porkalob chose the role of Rutledge, a baddie with a big number.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The true baddies are far more sinister than the greedy conman.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Was that a weird head space to go into, having never played a baddie before?
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The baddie has to have something humanizing in him, and the hero has to have some flaws.
    — Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The rakish law man would chase a baddie across Kentucky back roads and trailer parks.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • And by nature of having very little to lose, the cast weren’t scared of being seen as baddies.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
  • The vamp-like baddie fights Zoro with only a knife—and handily beats our hero.
    — William Goodman, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Calling on all baddies, calling on all baddies.
    — Gia Peppers, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Take Annabelle, the franchise’s most frequent baddie.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So the show really is a love letter for the fatty baddies and oddy bodies.
    — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2023
  • Big baddie Thanos wants all the Stones and the Avengers must stop him from getting them.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Yet the researchers say the technology may also be used to beat baddies at their own game.
    — Matthew Hutson, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2017
  • At the end of that movie, baddie Thanos snapped his fingers and destroyed half of all life in the universe.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 6 July 2018
  • Whatever could those big baddies be doing?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The baddie is played by Colin Farrell.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025

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