rascal
Example Sentences
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While Shoyo is a charismatic and ambitious rascal, Karasuno High and their various opponents provide a wide and varied array of winning characters who are willing to play the long game to win your heart.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2025
Stellan Skarsgård inhabits this rascal perfectly: bluff, hearty, a bit arrogant and slightly pathetic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
What was Disney, of all studios, going to do with this hyperviolent rascal who only works blue?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
Onstage, Epps convincingly plays that rascal who has charmed his way out of trouble.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024
“Darned if the little rascal didn’t nod back at me,” Smith said later, “kinda like he was paying me an honor to notice me.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.