How to Use reprobate in a Sentence
reprobate
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The key to this gaslighting reprobate is that the group has become distracted.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
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His surname did not derive from the Russian word for reprobate.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
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Jack is variously described and self-described as a ne’er-do-well, a reprobate, a black sheep and a scoundrel.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
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Baseball catches just a handful of reprobates each year.
—Michael Powell, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
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Joann Jimenez described reprobates as people who have been rejected by God.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
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Buster was a notorious reprobate who was linked to an illicit liquor ring.
—James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
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Mitchell also well handles the role of the Proustian character, the Baron de Charlus, a charming reprobate who comes to rue favoring rough trade.
—Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 July 2017
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This era of the Rolling Stones is the look every band strived for less than a decade later, when every unwashed reprobate on the Sunset Strip embraced the unkempt hair look that turned into glam rock.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 10 June 2022
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Today’s Rand movement is full of transgressors and reprobates.
—Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
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Charlie Price, a resolute drunken reprobate, has resolved to marry a woman with the aim of paying off his debts and staying in his family's good graces.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
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The mainstream media denounced such behavior, but that only emboldened some, cementing their image as reprobates.
—Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Aug. 2017
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Boyer and Mauzey have dug deeper into their problem-parent roles to find the humanity in their screwups and shortcomings, and the empathy in their fragile hopes, while Milligan is an irresistible reprobate with killer comic timing.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
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Get our daily newsletter The scandal over Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women, and over the other reprobates exposed in his wake, is changing Hollywood irrevocably.
—The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
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The key to this gaslighting reprobate is that the group has become distracted.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
-
His surname did not derive from the Russian word for reprobate.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
-
Jack is variously described and self-described as a ne’er-do-well, a reprobate, a black sheep and a scoundrel.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
-
Baseball catches just a handful of reprobates each year.
—Michael Powell, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
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Joann Jimenez described reprobates as people who have been rejected by God.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
-
Buster was a notorious reprobate who was linked to an illicit liquor ring.
—James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
-
Mitchell also well handles the role of the Proustian character, the Baron de Charlus, a charming reprobate who comes to rue favoring rough trade.
—Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 July 2017
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This era of the Rolling Stones is the look every band strived for less than a decade later, when every unwashed reprobate on the Sunset Strip embraced the unkempt hair look that turned into glam rock.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 10 June 2022
-
Today’s Rand movement is full of transgressors and reprobates.
—Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
-
Charlie Price, a resolute drunken reprobate, has resolved to marry a woman with the aim of paying off his debts and staying in his family's good graces.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
-
The mainstream media denounced such behavior, but that only emboldened some, cementing their image as reprobates.
—Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Aug. 2017
-
Boyer and Mauzey have dug deeper into their problem-parent roles to find the humanity in their screwups and shortcomings, and the empathy in their fragile hopes, while Milligan is an irresistible reprobate with killer comic timing.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
-
Get our daily newsletter The scandal over Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women, and over the other reprobates exposed in his wake, is changing Hollywood irrevocably.
—The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
-
The key to this gaslighting reprobate is that the group has become distracted.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
-
His surname did not derive from the Russian word for reprobate.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
-
Jack is variously described and self-described as a ne’er-do-well, a reprobate, a black sheep and a scoundrel.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
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Baseball catches just a handful of reprobates each year.
—Michael Powell, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
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