Example Sentences

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Marino’s talent for transforming stars is on full display in Farrell’s hulking, thuggish look as the Penguin in 2022’s “The Batman” and the new HBO spinoff series.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

Last week, I was standing with my adorable, ever-so-slightly thuggish labrador at the vet's when an older lady came in, clutching something small and yappy.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

He calls himself a “hanok enthusiast” rather than a “hanok activist” like his predecessors, both of whom suffered injuries at the hands of thuggish property developers as they pursued the preservationist cause.

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2023

But former assistant Manhattan District Attorney Dan Horowitz said the transcript made it evident that the judge "was waiting for the prosecutors to bring up the defendant's thuggish behavior."

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2023

“They’re hideous. A troll snuck into my room at night, took my normal feet for himself, and left me with his thuggish troll feet.”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart