louts

Example Sentences

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“For seven years, he had more than his share of knuckleheads, louts, losers and prima donnas,” former Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon once wrote of Mr. Unseld’s checkered tenure as head coach.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2020

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2020

You might, though, have a moment of doubt when she goes on to describe one of 17th-century London’s notorious menaces, a group of upper-class louts who took their name from a Latin poem by Virgil.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2018

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

Juliet scowled—something else that the local louts found very endearing.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer