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, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Cleveland's a pretty rad town, with lots of cool stuff to do.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2020
  • First of all, a black hole takes center stage, and black holes are pretty rad.
    Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2016
  • In fact, the surf legend himself has worn these rad shorts on some of the best waves in the world.
    Maverick Li, menshealth.com, 13 June 2023
  • This video is a perfect glimpse of how f—ing happy and rad my birthday is this year.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Punk fury plus puppet fuzzy makes for a totally rad music-video.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 9 Apr. 2021
  • That was a rad little flash in the sky to end band practice, San Diego.
    Scott Schwebke, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The pho is rad as-is, but adding the basil and sprouts only increased the texture and flavors.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • 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, 13 Apr. 2018
  • While in town, check out Neon Alley, a rad outdoor art gallery where two dozen neon signs glow.
    Brittany Anas, The Know, 24 June 2019
  • 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, 23 Aug. 2019
  • 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, 21 Feb. 2023
  • 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, 4 Dec. 2019
  • In addition to a set of rad tattoos, Elsi Ferris has long, brown hair.
    Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Some speedsters need repair, but new paint, a rad name and a little TLC could go the distance.
    Carolina Gusman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The Mamas & The Papas were rad, but right now rock needs new songs as singles, not covers.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 June 2021
  • 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, 1 May 2020
  • Graham's flirtation with Karen is a bit whatever, but Waterhouse looks rad as hell on the keys.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Solo Eyewear This stellar sunglass company offers more than just a pair of rad shades.
    Liz Bowen, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 4 May 2017
  • 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, 9 Feb. 2023
  • All those questions will be answered just as surely as Jeff Probst will at some point be rocking his super-rad orange hat.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • 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, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In a missionary context, however, Ramsey insists that John’s plans were more rad than crazy.
    Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • The sides, particularly the smoky Southwest mac-and-cheese and confetti-colored vinegar slaw, were rad too.
    Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 July 2022
  • 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, 22 June 2021
  • Twelve different colors are on offer, including a matte-gray finish that looks rad but adds $3950 to the bottom line.
    Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2017
  • 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, 1 May 2017
  • 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, 1 July 2022

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