Usage of "in a bad way"

Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.

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Usage of in a bad way in English

This time you have made a good thing in a bad way. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

Not strange in a bad way, no; strange in a weird way. 
 The South African 

He was in hospital and therefore must be in a bad way. 
 Swastika Night 

Buttercup was in a bad way; there was no doubt of it. 
 New Chronicles of Rebecca 

Dunstall and Russell says it's left the game in a bad way. 
 News.com.au 

The two chiefs who had been shot were in a bad way. 
 The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite 

Luckily for our purpose, the country theaters are in a bad way. 
 No Name 

Through gambling debts and other obligations he was in a bad way. 
 Wolf Breed 

He's still with us, but I'm afraid he's in a bad way. 
 Sister Mine 

But I fear that my poor boy is in a bad way. 
 Doctor Thorne 

The color looked out of place, but not in a bad way. 
 Wings 

I am in a bad way, and a bad end may follow. 
 Blind Love 

He was a cutie and I wanted him in a bad way. 
 My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands 

They begin to lose flesh, and get altogether in a bad way. 
 The Art of Living in Australia / Together with Three Hundred Aus... 

It was kind of odd, but definitely not in a bad way. 
 Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others) 

Sigmund collapsed seemingly out of nowhere and looked in a bad way. 
 Radio NZ 

Meanings of in a bad way in English