bad time


see under have a good time.

Words Nearby bad time

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How to use bad time in a sentence

  • The Cristobal Colon would have a bad time if the two ships came to close quarters.

  • Secrets have a bad time of it in our day, and the authorship of the article is no longer a secret.

  • Miss Malliver was near enough to be able to report, and the poor girl had a bad time of it in consequence.

    There and Back | George MacDonald
  • We have had "a bad time" in point of health, and it is only quite lately that we have both been feeling a little better.

  • Phineas, as he went home, made up his mind that Mrs. Turnbull and the little Turnbulls must probably have a bad time of it.

    Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope