roue

Example Sentences

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None of this has prepared him to play a pre-revolutionary roué, he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2016

Dire moves to curtail Pyros’s activity may be unnecessary, some specialists say, because there are signs the shaggy roué has lost a step.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2016

A libertine history and the look of a roué gone to seed would not in themselves preclude the support of evangelical Christians, who are, after all, keen on repentance.

From Economist • Mar. 3, 2016

In 1985, Mr. Jourdan toured nationally in a popular but critically drubbed stage version of “Gigi,” this time as the aging roué portrayed onscreen by Chevalier.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2015

I am not going to have you turn out a roué like your wicked Major.

From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville