gangbanger

Example Sentences

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In the book, Basheer describes the gangbanger mentality as a battle to find dignity and a sense of purpose while living under socioeconomic circumstances that often deprive you of healthier ways to experience those things.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Johnson was never a gangbanger; he was one of those unsupervised boys who was “just around,” spending his time on the corner of Bassett and Dixwell, the center of his world.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

“I ain’t no gangbanger or nothing,” he says.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2016

He comes across as the kid-next-door who loves his mom more than a hustler or gangbanger, and the sparse, soul-dipped production underlines his cleverness and off-the-cuff charm.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 13, 2012

Equal parts gangbanger and flowery, sequin-covered grande dame, the new Givenchy man was as strangely ravishing as the tropical bird of paradise flowers that dressed up his military drab.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2011