twerp

Example Sentences

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On the other hand, Boy Kavalier is such an evil twerp that you want him to stay around long enough to earn the outcome he deserves, whatever that ends up being.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Kind of a little twerp, now and again.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

Aegon, now played by Tom Glynn-Carney, has graduated from silly twerp to vile lout.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

And can it ever be made clear to an artificial intelligence that everything Mr Collins says reveals him to be a pompous twerp?

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2017

“You gotta be kiddin’! This little twerp is the one who messed up your face?”

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen