Example Sentences
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Mr. Page gave us an informed tour of Shakespeare’s baddest bad guys in his solo show “All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain,” seen off-Broadway and soon to become a book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The former captain described the home draw with bottom-of-the-table Wolves on 30 December as "the baddest of the bad".
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
"That was the baddest of the bad that," the former United captain said on the Gary Neville podcast.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
It was like the climactic scene in “Blazing Saddle,” when incompetent villain Hedley Lamarr tried to invade a small town with the baddest of hombres besides him only to find a Potemkin village.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
And I swear since the day I was born, he'd been going on about who was the baddest.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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