louts

Example Sentences

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Like yours, there were good moments and bad, great bosses and real louts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2020

Failing to find beauty in these carnival customs, louts of the old school primarily celebrate their own freedom from consequences.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 4, 2018

But Neanderthals weren’t the slow-witted louts we’ve imagined them to be — not just a bunch of Neanderthals.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2017

In other words, it's not people who don't actually tune in who are dismissing Congress as a bunch of louts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2015

“And to be absolutely sure, I’m leaving one of my bodyguards behind. Which of you louts volunteers for the duty?”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer