dude
Example Sentences
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“Now everyone knows where the rich dude that blocks public access lives,” Levy told commissioners, as the sun rose behind him.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Arthur is a creepy dude, a generic-looking cellphone store employee with an incomprehensible plan.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“This dude sees the world a little differently than us,” Alfredo worried.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
He won some fame as a surfer dude in Amy Heckerling's 1982 hit teen flick "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Technically all fiction books are fabricated tales written for profit, but I let dude have his moments.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing dude
Least Presidential Vocabulary Used by Presidential Candidates during the GOP Debate (Sept. 16, 2015)
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