rascal

Example Sentences

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Stellan Skarsgård inhabits this rascal perfectly: bluff, hearty, a bit arrogant and slightly pathetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Onstage, Epps convincingly plays that rascal who has charmed his way out of trouble.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

When he didn’t return, “I thought, ‘That rascal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

The main reasons this update throws a brick is because the miscast Harlow is hardly the charming rascal that Harrelson's character, Billy Hoyle, was.

From Salon • May 18, 2023

“We’ll make a trade. Just between you and me. I’ll let you keep the old rascal, but you’ve got to do something for me.”

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson