dude

Example Sentences

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He won some fame as a surfer dude in Amy Heckerling's 1982 hit teen flick "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The company gets good mileage out of Boone’s trademark backflip here, but yeah—goodbye forever, dude!

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

But to snap a portrait of one delicious little donut dude with a backdrop of the city that embraces him.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

He’s the dude giving Matthew Stafford a race for league MVP.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Even though that knocked my little dude down for a bit, he gets up and gains on Sonny’s Yoshi.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas