How to Use badge in a Sentence

badge

noun
  • Don't forget to wear your name badge.
  • The policeman flashed his badge.
  • The receptionist glanced at my visitor's badge.
  • She earned 10 merit badges in scouting.
  • There's even a blank badge so the kids can write in their own award.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The truth is, learning how to rest is the badge of honor.
    Karin Eldor, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • In 2018, after more than a decade with the CIA, Hikade turned in her badge.
    Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 10 May 2023
  • Harris was pleased to see a badge around the driver’s neck.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The only apps allowed to have badges are the social, chat, and email apps in the Comms folder.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Feb. 2024
  • While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Edwards was wearing a gold police badge on his belt in the shape of a star.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Quotable: What about New York Times’ reporters’ blue badges?
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
  • On Thursday, March 7, badge pickup is open 8am to 11pm.
    Martine Paris, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Hostage names were read and each player had a hostage name on a badge and were asked to do research on the person.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Perez gave up his badge and agreed to six months probation.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Rather than create a separate badge and glue it to the hood, here it’s etched into the metal on the front and rear of the car.
    Alex Goy, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Journalists in vests and press badges are ushered to the front of the line at bakeries and at times given free bread.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • You've been suspended from Twitter in the past, which feels kind of like a badge of honor in some ways.
    Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The 4 corners of the roof rack are anodized in a bright copper finish that sets the stage for all the other badges and markers.
    Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The badges could highlight aspects of a school beyond the letter grade, Worsham said.
    Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • In 2019, Groff reluctantly turned in his badge, mail bins and the orange, flashing light for the top of his car.
    Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge.
    Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The side profile teased a sharp angles and a rakish roofline, with a small Lexus badge located above the rear wheel arch.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Bradley Iger In the world of high-performance Nissan cars, the Nismo badge carries weight.
    Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
  • How to protect yourself While some used to brag about battling through a flu to get to work, that's no longer a badge of pride, Lockard said.
    Minnah Arshad, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Most events are free and don’t require a San Diego Comic-Con badge (but often have long lines).
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • At one point, the woman takes off her work identification badge and tries to push the man off the bike with her body.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • As the mood within Facebook had begun to sour over the years, some badge posts began to take on a more mutinous tone.
    Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Drexel Mack wore his court deputy badge with dignity and pride, Hill said.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Works from the Corcoran collection will be given a badge to identify them as the spoils of the 2014 takeover.
    Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023

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