cad

Example Sentences

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That Belmondo morphs from appealing photojournalist to unlikable sexual cad while the picture’s ostensible star—Claude Brasseur as an inadvertent cop killer—disappears for long stretches does the picture no favors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Paul is a bit of cad, and not even entertainingly awful.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Handsome and popular, his bad boyfriend would be a stock cad in any other movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024

In the past, words or phrases deemed to have stepped over the line include "impertinent dog", "cad", "blethering", "guttersnipe" and "git".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

Notwithstanding that the devil, played by Cook, gives himself away at once by wearing red socks, the infallible mark of a cad, Dudley falls into conversation with him.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith