How to Use bodacious in a Sentence

bodacious

adjective
  • This is the season for the big, the bold and the bodacious.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Chase the bodacious bowl with a bright Provençal rosé, one of a handful of wines on tap.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • In the show, the sister duo is seen sporting big bodacious curls.
    — Shelby Stewart, Chron, 6 May 2021
  • That's right—this bodacious gal will be listed on Airbnb for the first time ever next month.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2020
  • There, in line, is a bodacious boxer who can't but bring to mind Muhammad Ali.
    — Philly.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • There could be a hundred bodacious bears in the river and folks would only have eyes for Otis.
    — Christy Namee Eriksen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Not taking any time at all to get used to is Midwood Smokehouse, where the staff is friendly and the food bodacious.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Nov. 2019
  • So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.
    — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Sidewalk spots are snapped up early (some as early as the night before) to spy the bright, bodacious floats.
    — OregonLive.com, 25 May 2017
  • The legacy of his bodacious charisma was built to last well beyond his death on Friday.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 4 June 2016
  • Luckily, some of the most bodacious bears to make the competition are back again.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The woman at the bar was right: The potatoes mashed with generous amounts of butter and cream (and roasted garlic for oomph) are bodacious.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • My bodacious sisters know that the hardest thing about traveling while curvy is those narrow seats and tiny seat belts.
    — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Yesterday evening the legacy space kicked off its succinct and bodacious night with a cocktail hour.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Sporting a bodacious mullet, Ranallo screeched and spat at the camera.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • One bull is still on the run after an accident caused nearly a dozen bodacious bovines to get buck wild in Cherokee Park Friday.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Serving body, beauty and bodacious all-around talent, Sasha is fierce.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The second featured fiberglass surfboards, similar to the ones at Surfhenge, the bodacious installment near the city’s pier.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2017
  • Later, a sea of bodacious models begin dancing on a rooftop, where Juicy J later appears clad in a white sweater.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2018
  • For a long time, it's been assumed that as our brains got bigger and more bodacious, our teeth shrank proportionately.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2017
  • Two head to head beefy battles between bodacious bears is happening now!
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Plates from around the world and antlers Gleason purchased in Montana complete the bodacious combination.
    — Elisabeth Malkin, ELLE Decor, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Or Alexander McQueen’s knuckle box, whose clasp is a series of bodacious finger rings?
    — Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Gucci Mane's signee, Hoodrich Pablo Juan, follows suit and raps about his affinity for fancy cars and bodacious women throughout his verse.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Directed by Travis Scott, the video finds Future arriving on the scene inside a luxe Maybach with a bodacious model alongside him.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2022
  • With two bodacious dancers in tow, Cardi’s magnetic appeal instantly had the crowd hooked.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Just in time for the Memorial Day kick off to summer, here are thirty-three bodacious bombshells worth celebrating.
    — Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, 29 May 2017
  • Big, beautiful, bodacious and juicy — the classic here’s-a-gorgeous-burger-that-even-carnivores-would-like.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 16 July 2020
  • The wig in question is a collarbone-length long bob, which Cardi wore parted dramatically to one side with lots and lots of bodacious volume.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The song marks Meg’s first collaboration with Future, who meets her bodacious bars with horny lines delivered with his trademark frost.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022

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