Below you will find example sentences with "bad news". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Bad News in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: news
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "bad news" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and is bad news now bad, and some bad news, good, stock and off stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with news updates, cbs news, abc news, fox news, good news and latest news, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with bad news
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
And is bad news now bad news? (7 words)
I have good news, bad news and good news. (9 words)
Last weekend earlier this week, bad news was bad news. (10 words)
Whether you’re an old fan, a new fan, or you land somewhere in the middle and just hate-watch these shows out of habit, I am proud to be the bearer of good news, bad news and the downright ugly news from WWE, AEW, ROH, Impact, and more. (49 words)
That the vertebrate still fares as bad or worse when two strains of the parasite are present could be bad news for people in Africa, the Middle East and the tropics, where schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million people. (39 words)
Special advisor to Prime Minister on information Firdous Ashiq Awan told Hamid Mir of Geo News in his talk show on Thursday night that ‘victory of Modi is neither a bad news for Pakistan nor a good news’. (38 words)
And is bad news now bad news? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Good news/bad news time: The bad news is it’s hard to take your eyes off the Nothing Phone (2) while using it, kind of destroying its stated purpose.
And is bad news now bad news?
Last weekend earlier this week, bad news was bad news.
Powell wrote the following Sunday: "Good news is seldom so good, nor bad news so bad, as at first sight it appears".
I have good news, bad news and good news.
Wednesday is turning out to be a day for good news/bad news scenarios (sorry, we're still a little torn about The Walking Dead news).
Special advisor to Prime Minister on information Firdous Ashiq Awan told Hamid Mir of Geo News in his talk show on Thursday night that ‘victory of Modi is neither a bad news for Pakistan nor a good news’.
Whether you’re an old fan, a new fan, or you land somewhere in the middle and just hate-watch these shows out of habit, I am proud to be the bearer of good news, bad news and the downright ugly news from WWE, AEW, ROH, Impact, and more.
You know with Trump in the White House and Johnson in Downing Street we might as well dispense with the concepts of good news, bad news, fake news or whatever.
A piece of bad news can easily trigger a bad trip—and Witt’s revelations are sometimes set against descriptions of shame or sadness.
This isn’t just bad news for wildlife — it’s bad for us humans.
That the vertebrate still fares as bad or worse when two strains of the parasite are present could be bad news for people in Africa, the Middle East and the tropics, where schistosomiasis affects more than 200 million people.
But as good news goes, it is still pretty bad news, especially considering that the youth unemployment rate rose to an unacceptably high 61%.
Cornelia Ulrich, the institute’s chief scientific officer and executive director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, said Utah’s experience with cancer is a good news-bad news story.
For those hoping for a trailer for the film, this video has some good news and some bad news.
In other league news, Bad News Beers and The Sandwich Mafia notched off wins this week to improve their league standings.
It’s all bad news wrapped up in the perception of good news.
Once again, the stock market thinks bad news is good news because traders can't help but think that the Fed will be coming to the stock market's rescue at the first sign of slowing growth.
QS stock may have experienced a modest rally after earnings, yet a lack of news could still turn out to be bad news for shares, after this initial move higher.
So, it’s good news for sunbathers, but bad news for anyone who likes quiet beaches and a pub you’ll be able to move in over the bank holiday weekend.