Example Sentences

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For years, these rogues dominated the president’s daily intelligence brief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“One of the peculiarities of squares is their screwy propensity to glorify rogues and scoundrels.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

The reverence I had unwittingly infiltrated a culture of rogues & thieves posing as police.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023

When interviewed by the BBC years later, Stirling said he deliberately recruited brave and unconventional rogues.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022

Amiable rogues all three, the brothers were in truth much more skilled at deceit than they'd ever been at bloodletting.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin