rabble

Example Sentences

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“They really sound like this out-of-tune rabble, and you hear what maybe other people might have heard,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Pakistan became a rabble, beset by misfields and overthrows, while six home bowlers conceded more than 100 runs.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

The heroes of the party are now living saints to the teary-eyed rabble who worship them.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

It tells the story of a count and countess whiling away their days in a secluded villa surrounded by a garden as a horde of rabble rousers approaches.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

‘It needs more to make a king than a piece of elvish glass, or a rabble such as this. Why, any brigand of the hills can show as good a following!’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien