cad

Example Sentences

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The novel reads like a wintry elegy to the once proud cad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

He and Evans never find their groove, and while Evans’ Boston-accented deadbeat cad routine is rote for him at this point, Johnson feels adrift, never locking in to a specific tone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

After the band raced through “Have Mercy,” an early Judds hit about a hopeless cad, Wynonna grabbed a stack of scrap paper.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023

"I think you’re a cad," said the King.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White