slob

Example Sentences

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I knew I was being absurd, a slob, a partial embarrassment, but I didn’t care.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024

She’s not a slob or loser; she’s a writer.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

She stars as Gracie Hart, a socially awkward F.B.I. field agent and unapologetic slob who finds herself unexpectedly glammed-up for a dangerous undercover assignment at a high-profile beauty pageant.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

More recently, cartoonist Scott Adams satirized the attitude in a 1990s Dilbert comic strip that depicted office slob Wally taking an “in-cubicle sabbatical.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2022

It was so cold that if you spit, the slob would be an ice cube before it hit the ground.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis