Example Sentences

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It's a bar-setting best for the series, if not TV generally, that also reminds us that we're rooting for absolute reprobates.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2022

The lines are long, especially if you're trying to get there before the 11:30 cutoff for breakfast specials, and the business is geared toward families, not reprobates.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2017

Baseball catches just a handful of reprobates each year.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2017

In town again to sell the new film, the 60-year-old filmmaker reflected on the enduring appeal of “Trainspotting’s” lovable reprobates, and the new film’s theme of aging.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2017

Every member of Phippsburg’s First Congregational—as well as lost reprobates from other denominations—had gathered to greet the new minister and his family.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt