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
He reacts with the defiance of a man whose football-playing friend recently described him as a "hard bastard".
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
“We were kind of always the bastard son of San Francisco,” Real said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023
Overcompensating for Tom's bastard status, she is overly warm to him and consistently neglects Blifil, which has caused him to grow up jealous and bitter.
From Salon • May 22, 2023
“Better believe I have. It’s that old ornery bastard Demon.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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