roue
Example Sentences
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And there is a reason Britain’s staid Economist magazine refers to Trump’s “look of a roué gone to seed.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2016
Dire moves to curtail Pyros’s activity may be unnecessary, some specialists say, because there are signs the shaggy roué has lost a step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2016
A libertine history and the look of a roué gone to seed would not in themselves preclude the support of evangelical Christians, who are, after all, keen on repentance.
From Economist • Mar. 3, 2016
But even after the success of “A Night to Remember” Rank decided not to support his pet project, an adaptation of “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, ”Alan Sillitoe’s harsh novel about a working-class roué.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010
“This man,” she said, “is neither roué nor madman.”
From The Traitors by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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