Sentence examples for a basically bad from inspiring English sources

For thousands of years, philosophers have debated whether we have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society, or a basically bad nature that is kept in check by society.

Once, I had a Catholic priest with an abdominal aortic aneurysm – basically, bad news.

"What I think the S.& P. thing did was to hit a nerve that there's something basically bad going on, and it's hit the self-esteem of the United States, the psyche," he said.

— Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary "In May, I warned, 'If we don't act boldly now, the markets will act for us very soon.' " — John Boehner, the Speaker of the House "What I think the S & P thing did was to hit a nerve that there's something basically bad going on, and it's hit the self-esteem of the United States, the psyche".

I hope I'm wrong because a lot of these guys were not, basically, bad guys.

Labels are basically bad; it's okay to objectively describe an action or attitude as compassionate, but avoid labeling yourself.

A man from Friends of the Earth told us that global warming is basically bad.

"Hot temperatures are basically bad for human functioning," Nick Obradovich, co-author of the study and a research scientist at MIT's Media Lab, told CNN.

Are people basically bad or good?

All of them turned out to be basically bad ideas.

He said: "It gave the sense there is something basically bad going on.