Example Sentences

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In the perennial war between the aesthetes and the hearties, the hearties do not always win.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2012

On the first reading I overdid the "Oooh-arr me hearties" piratical voice, on the grounds that if you can't camp things up reading to your children at bedtime there's no point going on.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2011

Right then me hearties, we are under way for the second half.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2010

This time they were on hand with an obviously much improved Gretel II and a crew of towering hearties headed by Veteran Blue-water Skipper James Hardy, 37.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he heard them stir he clapped his hands, and cried: ‘Hey! Come merry dol! derry dol! My hearties!’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien