Examples of bad boy in a Sentence
He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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Why 1963 established The Rolling Stones’ bad boy image.
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Ellison kept fighting, becoming a bigger, richer, older bad boy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder and one-time Silicon Valley bad boy, has relocated to Austin.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Wahlberg was a 20-something bad boy who took a more meat-and-potatoes (or Peter Berg and Peter Berg) route to popular success.
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Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Ellison kept fighting, becoming a bigger, richer, older bad boy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
Travis Kalanick, the Uber co-founder and one-time Silicon Valley bad boy, has relocated to Austin.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Wahlberg was a 20-something bad boy who took a more meat-and-potatoes (or Peter Berg and Peter Berg) route to popular success.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bad boy
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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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