bastard

Example Sentences

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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

“The celebrity profile is the bastard stepchild of journalism, and I’m embarrassed sometimes to be associated with it,” he told Chicago magazine in 1996.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Rafael Goldstein makes John, Don Pedro’s nefarious bastard brother, seethe with credible resentment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

"Keep a good edge on that bastard sword of yours. We'll be needing it soon enough."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin