hoodlum

Example Sentences

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To him, even a guy like Mike, who has an acute sense of fairness, is just another hoodlum.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022

In your film, a teacher once said that James would be either a hoodlum or a great entertainer.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021

"He’s got an edge to him. He looks like a choir boy, but he plays like … a hoodlum," Van Gundy said.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

And, pay careful attention to a rare appearance by legendary Stooge Shemp Howard as baby-renting hoodlum Wacky and the famed dance team Rene and Estela performing the rhumba.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2021

And what if Pa decided I couldn’t go to the Jackson Five concert because I was shouting “Your pie-baking mama!” in social studies, like a dice-throwing hoodlum?

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia