ex-con
Example Sentences
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Mr. James’s tone—that of a reformed alpha male, an ex-con and traveler of a gritty road—lends his tale authenticity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
Bridgers mutters, in the gruff matter of a genius ex-con safe-breaker who swore she’d given it all up but just agreed to do one last job: “Stakes are so high.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2023
Steven “Smithy” Smith is an endearingly self-aware ex-con obsessed by a children’s book by Edith Twyford.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023
But an ex-con can keep his head up when the ‘squares’ sink.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
