roguish

Example Sentences

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In “Sinners,” Coogler double-casts his longtime collaborator Michael B. Jordan as twin bootleggers Smoke and Stack, then pits them against a pack of banjo-picking bloodsuckers helmed by a roguish Jack O’Connell.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

When the soap started more than six decades ago, Lowrie's character was seen as a national heartthrob thanks to his roguish role.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

In “The Crown,” he played a roguish friend of Prince Philip; he was the unreliable father of Dr. Jean Milburn’s baby on “Sex Education” and the resentful husband on Lucy Prebble’s “I Hate Suzie.”

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

“He has boyish charm and likeability, that impish, roguish element to him,” Seymour said.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

She smiled, a perfect, roguish, Lucy Ricardo smile.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman