bastard
Example Sentences
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Leonardo da Vinci—whose very name indicates he’s from a place, rather than of a person—was one such bastard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
He reacts with the defiance of a man whose football-playing friend recently described him as a "hard bastard".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 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
“I saw DALL-E’s ability to churn out bastard versions of my work with the prompt ‘drawn by Molly Crabapple.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023
These might certainly be stronger weapons, but the trouble was that Mordred was himself the bastard.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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