How to Use too bad in a Sentence
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That’s too bad because David Soren’s family flick is clever and funny.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 June 2024
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But if anyone doesn’t like the way the Dodgers spent their money – too bad, Betts said.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
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My only job was just to trust Øystein and hope to not do too bad.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
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Winds aren’t too bad, around 10 mph from the west, but that’s enough to keep wind chills from rising any higher than the teens to near 20.
—Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
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Still, things weren't too bad, until about 3:30 a.m. when the pain began to arrive.
—USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
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Sheryl: There is no timeframe that is too bad or too late.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Mar. 2024
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These grit-it-out second-half wins aren’t too bad, either.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
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First-round pick Tony Bennett (the first of two first-round picks of the draft for Green Bay), who started 108 games, wasn't too bad either.
—Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
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The good news is that the actress is allegedly not down too bad and on her way to a full recovery.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Sep. 2023
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That’s too bad, both for the historical record and for the new buyers of Barbie that the film’s success will attract.
—Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
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That’s too bad, because the hike offers scenic beach camping, stunning ocean views and unique plants and animals.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
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Humidity is lower, with dew points perhaps in the mid-60s, which isn’t too bad for July around here.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
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He is gone now, never having seen a Springsteen show, which is too bad, and lends a bittersweet air to my feelings about the album.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
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One-third wait a week or two to see if the issue gets better on its own, 20% wait until the pain gets too bad to ignore, and 11% ignore the issue completely.
—Deb Gordon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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For Patti to be experiencing possibly the worst day of her life, that doesn’t sound too bad.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
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Don’t feel too bad for us, though, as many of those rejections found homes in other publications.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
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The only thing this dehydrator doesn’t have is a timer, which isn’t too bad considering the large cooking space and reasonable price.
—Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
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On the sports side of things, the memorabilia doesn’t do too bad, either; that market has turned into a booming billion-dollar business.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
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But what if the performance is so committed and expertly executed that the villain is too bad?
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
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That’s too bad, because humor is a bona fide literary effect, right up there with tragedy, suspense, and profundity—just as much a part of the author’s toolbox but a lot harder to fake.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 June 2023
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Monday morning, a California Highway Patrol helicopter was called in to try to recover the body of the third hiker, but weather was too bad.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN, 8 July 2023
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Breezy conditions from the west at 10 to 15 mph may prevent the air quality from getting too bad, although air quality alerts are in effect in Baltimore and areas to the northeast.
—Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
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That’s too bad, because humans have an intuitive understanding of dog gestures, and this extends even to people who aren’t dog owners.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2021
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But there is a real argument that — barring, perhaps, this November’s election — President Joe Biden hasn’t done too bad himself.
—John Fund, National Review, 25 Feb. 2024
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Such an investment might still not seem too bad, given the long-term horizon of the afterlife, but private columbariums like Shan Sum are not offering a resting place for eternity.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 7 July 2023
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Keep in mind that this option will require assembly—which isn’t too bad but the instruction manual is not exactly clear and might be frustrating to try and decipher if you’re not used to building furniture.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2023
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Which is too bad, because instead of being quiet on the outside and rowdy indoors, the new building’s exterior is just loud enough to grate on the neighbors and its interior is too generically muted to evoke the man’s outlandish brilliance.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2023
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That’s too bad, because Agent Harmony has a Sherlockian understanding of human nature, if a limited understanding of her own nature.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
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People want adversarial interviews — too bad, go elsewhere.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
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