Sentence examples for bad by from inspiring English sources

The phrase "bad by" is not correct and usable in written English.
The phrase you are looking for is "badly by" which can be used when something has been negatively impacted or adversely affected. For example, "The storm damaged their house badly by ripping off the roof."

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He was bad by design.

The New York Times

Is he bad by nature?

The Guardian - Books

Not bad, by her standards these days.

The New York Times

"I didn't mean nothing bad by that".

The Guardian - Music

YOU THINK THAT'S BAD, by Jim Shepard (Knopf, $24.95).

The New York Times

YOU THINK THAT'S BAD By Jim Shepard 225 pages.

The New York Times - Books

The eight is not bad by itself, but try 18.

The Economist

'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.

The Guardian

"Languages are not good or bad by themselves.

The New York Times

But does "sell by" equate to "bad by"?

The Guardian

Surely no one makes a movie this bad by accident?

The Guardian - Film

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