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Example sentences for: bad-ass

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All malevolence, all the time, as you put it, is fine for Casino --think Joe Pesci--but in The Sopranos ? The joy of The Sopranos is that all these bad-ass gangsters are possessed of some complicating goodness, or at least some kind of benign dream of a better life.
"These bad-ass ladies roll out rude, Ace Frehley-inspired guitar hooks at a feverish rate, capturing the rebellious, mischievous and instantly gratifying rock 'n' roll spirit of teenage trash culture" (Glen Sansone, CMJ ). As all members of the band are under legal drinking age, the lyrics touch on subjects such as driving around on the neighbor's lawn, hanging out by the Slurpee machine, and looking at cute guys.
Rehashing his favorite subject of New York City police corruption, Lumet slaps together, they say, an implausible plot (a year after law school, an ex-cop becomes a crusading district attorney), formulaic characters (bad-ass drug dealer, idealistic liberal defense lawyer), and preachy moralizing.
To get into trouble, one really had to be a "bad-ass"--that is be outrageously confrontational and violent.