bastard
Example Sentences
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It had bastard status among classical culturati from the get-go, which kept it out of the concert halls where it arguably belonged as a rightful heir to other long-form orchestral music.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Ironically, the situation now is a bastard version of one reform favored by free market types: paying athletes without any pretense that they are real students.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Gov't Mule is kind of the bastard child of the jam scene – the black sheep – because we're heavier than other jam bands.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
And I'm like, "Cheeky bastard, of course I'm OK to fly".
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2022
“I’m a princess too,” Shireen announced, “but I never had a sister. I used to have a cousin once, before he sailed away. He was just a bastard, but I liked him.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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