bad place, the

noun

Midland and Southern U.S.

1. hell.

Example Sentences

What frightened me as a kid when I snuck into a screening when I was 13 was the Steadicam — that even though this was a bad place, the camera dragged you into it and it almost felt like the floor was so well polished that even if you planted your feet, you would be dragged forward against your will.

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"I was in a bad place," the singer reflects.

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"Hostels can be seen as a bad place," the 52-year-old said.

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“We’re in a bad place. The economic forecasts suggest we’re not going to be better off with this Brexit deal or any other,” said Thomas Hills, 29, a chemical engineer from North Yorkshire.

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But, other than these few bright spots, the Emmys was, if not the Bad Place, the Blah Place.

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