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

Dabney Coleman, the beloved character actor who famously played the dastardly cad overseeing Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in “9 to 5,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 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

He was a self-professed cad during his first marriage, ultimately leading him to Mitchell.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

“You carried off one of my stockings last night, and you are a thieving cad, and I hope Mrs. Dudley can hear me.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson