Example Sentences
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And in the preseason games that followed, Wemby hinted that—whether or not he actually has gotten bigger—he fully intends to be badder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
The product was meant to roll on and over anything in its path, transporting personnel in all-terrain combat zones: a bigger, badder, wider Jeep.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Olivia said: "I was getting a bit upset, because it was getting badder and badder and badder."
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024
Bigger, badder and bluer than before, Quaritch 2.0 isn’t looking for unobtainium, the first movie’s stupidly, wonderfully named mineral MacGuffin.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022
“I am such a badder ass than Nora.”
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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