How to Use nasty in a Sentence

nasty

adjective

• The medicine left a nasty taste in my mouth.
• She called him a few nasty names and left.
• He said lots of downright nasty things about her.
• He sent a nasty letter to the company.
• She's got quite a nasty temper.
• That nasty old man yelled at me just for stepping on his lawn!
• She has a nasty habit of biting her fingernails.
• Well, at the time, in the 1970s, British film was kind of nasty.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022
• The bear is back and things may stay nasty for the rest of 2025.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
• The Sandero proves that cheap doesn't have to mean nasty.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 May 2023
• The forecast is for the weather to turn nasty on the weekend.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 2023
• The last thing the franchise and Lillard should want is a nasty split.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
• Pulling in a big piece of the special needs trust would be nasty.
  — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• He was dragged a few feet and got a nasty case of carpet burn.
  — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• But in a nasty and brutish world, the U.S. still needs partners like the Saudis.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
• As Trump took control of the race and Cruz tried to hang on, things got nasty.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 29 Dec. 2020
• Trump, too, has had nasty words for McConnell over the years.
  — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
• In baseball, a lot of nasty stuff comes out of the other dugout.
  — Carl Erskine, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Now factor in that nasty 19.5% surge in the cost-of-living.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 17 June 2024
• Her Ma comes across as brash, crass, willful and nasty in all the best ways.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• To get to the Super Bowl, there’s going to be those crazy, nasty wins.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
• In the first half, the 34-year-old striker took a nasty fall after a hard challenge in the box.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Nothing but me in that nasty room, and a lot of unknown.
  — David Walters, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
• So that nasty stew’s been brewing for a good, long while.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 May 2025
• The grandfather received a nasty burn from the slide that was hot from the heat.
  — cleveland, 1 July 2022
• Switching out a pump in a pit filled with raw sewage is nasty work.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
• The fans – and the referees – may be friendly or out-and-out nasty.
  — John Rex, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• And the nasty heat wave baking states and breaking records will start to ease up.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
• Indeed, history has played a nasty trick on the Democrats.
  — John Kenneth Galbraith, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
• This helps keep disease spores resting on the soil surface from being splashed into the foliage and causing nasty things like early blight.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 16 July 2025