roguish
Example Sentences
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From a young age, William was depicted as the charming, steady heir to the throne, with Harry the wayward but loveably roguish sibling.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Splayed in an armchair in a Midtown Manhattan hotel with views of a fog-shrouded Rockefeller Center, Richards still radiates roguish, live-wire energy at 82.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In “The Crown,” he played a roguish friend of Prince Philip; he was the unreliable father of Dr. Jean Milburn’s baby on “Sex Education” and the resentful husband on Lucy Prebble’s “I Hate Suzie.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Starring alongside her is Ed Skrein, who plays the main villain Admiral Atticus Noble, and Charlie Hunnam who plays Kai, a roguish pilot and smuggler.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
“Same to you,” said the Fat Lady with a roguish grin, and she swung forward to admit them.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
