cad

Example Sentences

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That Belmondo morphs from appealing photojournalist to unlikable sexual cad while the picture’s ostensible star—Claude Brasseur as an inadvertent cop killer—disappears for long stretches does the picture no favors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Paul is a bit of cad, and not even entertainingly awful.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 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

In support, Melvil Poupaud may be playing a bit of a cad, but he is likeable enough and very warm and caring towards Linn.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023

“Oh, come on, Grummore. I do think you are a cad not to yield You know very well I can’t cut your head off.”

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