reprobate

Example Sentences

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It is not merely Falstaff she has in mind when demonstrating, in this healing adaptation, that even the worst old reprobates can be taught a lesson and welcomed back into the family.

From New York Times

Racy enough for reprobates and rakes, or priggishly read by a congregation of stately stiff-backs, the work is spacious enough to accommodate any disposition.

From New York Times

Some big Democratic donors threw a fit, threatening to support Trump if either of those reprobates became the nominee.

From Salon

He’s a reprobate with no confidence in grace, reduced to keeping his spirit afloat with a mixture of self-deprecating irony and the affectations of civility.

From Washington Post

But nothing in the previous 150 years — wars, earthquakes, strikes, lockouts and the stray lunatic or reprobate — has prepared us for this:

From Seattle Times