iconoclast

Example Sentences

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There was something hopeful about the iconoclast in O.J., for he dared to defy the limits placed on his Black self.

From New York Times

Yet even on a day — officially “Jaromir Jagr Day” in Pittsburgh — there were still hints of the iconoclast whose passion for the game he’s helped redefine outweighs everything else.

From Seattle Times

He was reverent and rude, a very knowledgeable man and an iconoclast, smalltown and metropolitan at the same time.

From BBC

Some took issue with such sentiments coming from an iconoclast like Smith.

From New York Times

Is Greenwald a stand-in for this famously outspoken Hollywood iconoclast, condemning the irredeemable rottenness of the system that employed him?

From Los Angeles Times