How to Use rad in a Sentence

rad

adjective
  • The crowd cheered his rad-dad dance moves, and some danced along in their seats.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022-11-02
  • Cleveland's a pretty rad town, with lots of cool stuff to do.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 2020-01-28
  • First of all, a black hole takes center stage, and black holes are pretty rad.
    Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 2016-07-06
  • To see a young Galadriel as this kind of warrior was rad.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2023-04-07
  • Picture yourself behind the wheel of this rad red ride.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2017-09-27
  • In fact, the surf legend himself has worn these rad shorts on some of the best waves in the world.
    Maverick Li, menshealth.com, 2023-06-13
  • This video is a perfect glimpse of how f—ing happy and rad my birthday is this year.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 2019-08-21
  • That was a rad little flash in the sky to end band practice, San Diego.
    Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register, 2017-04-10
  • The pho is rad as-is, but adding the basil and sprouts only increased the texture and flavors.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 2022-02-15
  • Dusty’s first look was rough, but her winter dress with the frozen heart and her metal outfit, to me, were rad!
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2018-04-13
  • While in town, check out Neon Alley, a rad outdoor art gallery where two dozen neon signs glow.
    Brittany Anas, The Know, 2019-06-24
  • Check out the video above to not only see the bloody kill, but to also feast your eyes on a pretty rad and disgusting vine walker.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2019-08-23
  • There's also some wording about not driving around with your dog on the roof or standing on the hood of your car, no matter how rad your dog is.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 2023-02-21
  • With both actors being more dad than rad, this will likely be a slightly different film than what’s come before it.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2019-12-04
  • In addition to a set of rad tattoos, Elsi Ferris has long, brown hair.
    Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 2017-11-01
  • Some speedsters need repair, but new paint, a rad name and a little TLC could go the distance.
    Carolina Gusman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2019-08-15
  • There aren't nearly enough coming-of-age movies like this out there for teenage girls to begin with, and the fact that this one gets to live on as a series is pretty rad.
    Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 2020-05-01
  • Bonus Points: New employees get a rad action figure of themselves upon hire.
    Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 2014-10-01
  • Solo Eyewear This stellar sunglass company offers more than just a pair of rad shades.
    Liz Bowen, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 2017-05-04
  • That dream is making a difference in young people’s lives, fueled by the aspiration to be a rad role model for these young shredders.
    Gen Handley, SPIN, 2023-02-09
  • What’s also rad is this current collection, which sees the 36-year-old moving into sportswear, but doing it her way.
    Faran Krentcil, ELLE, 2022-09-20
  • And dogs and cats don't take kindly to spectacles in general, even the kind that come with a totally rad paper frame and reflective solar film.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 2017-08-18
  • Meanwhile, there’s a new skin challenge event that’s live, with a pretty rad legendary skin for Ashe and BOB on the line, as well as come cute sprays.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 2021-06-22
  • Carpenter kept things graphic and cute for her fitting in rad plaid pieces, but for the big day, upped her game with a fitted militaristic dress punctuated by equally bold accessories.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 2018-09-24
  • If the new Star Wars trilogy hasn't been exciting enough, the recent launch of various comic books — most of them pretty rad — have fleshed out stories not seen in the movies.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 2017-05-01
  • Big Red's has nine hot sauces and two smother sauces — blackberry rum and AZ Jerk, which are a pretty rad upgrade to typical barbecue sauces.
    Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 2022-07-01
  • Like his artistic predecessor Alice Neel, Ahearn wasn’t comfortable within the precincts of self-conscious downtown bohemia, no matter how rad.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 2022-12-26
  • The new flow area, designed to the rigorous-rad standards of the Vans Park Series pro tour terrain, offers a deep canyon of banks, bumps and curves that, when navigated correctly, help propel skaters round and round.
    Barbara Odanaka, latimes.com, 2019-06-07
  • Robyn provides her stunning and distinctive voice to a really rad single that's showing how the disc renaissance is growing with Channel Tres bringing the song into a cool R&B and house avenue.
    Star Tribune, 2020-10-02
  • But thanks to a new stable of pop-up merch slingers from coast to coast—like the GX1000 crew, pictured here, whose rad five-panels rep their hometown of San Francisco—standard-issue five-panels feel fresher than ever.
    The Editors Of Gq Style, GQ, 2018-04-26

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