rascal

Example Sentences

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Mozart, however, isn’t merely a puerile rascal, as his relationship with Lauren Worsham’s Constanze reveals.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

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

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

“If I see that rascal Lomax running somewhere, I’ll grab my hat and get behind him,” Malcolm X said once, “because I know he’s onto something.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey