How to Use down bad in a Sentence
down bad
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Simply put, homegirl is down bad.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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Because there’s being down bad, then there’s subterranean levels of angst.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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This is what being down bad looks like in the early stages of an NFL franchise’s rebuild.
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Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Everyone was injured, everyone was down bad.
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Dec. 2025
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While Taylor Swift hasn’t performed on a Louisville stage since 2018, local Swifties don't have to feel down bad.
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Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Conversely, the language of diminutiveness—to be down bad, to feel small, to live below your means—suggests submission, subordination, weakness.
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Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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