How to Use scoundrel in a Sentence

scoundrel

noun

• OK, yes, the scoundrel did make The Denver Post a big deal.
  — Darryl Levings, kansascity.com, 19 May 2017
• The scene cuts off right as the two space scoundrels decide to bet their ships.
  — Lindsey Bahr, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Or opt to work with both sides as a scoundrel — those who are there to make a quick buck.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 8 Sep. 2020
• For all of these reasons and more, Rudy Giuliani is 2019’s scoundrel of the year.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
• The greatest scoundrels are the holy men, who take their vows to hide some misdeed.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2019
• Should Barry Bonds, a cheater and scoundrel, be admitted to the Hall of Fame?
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2020
• James Scott, who the fountain is named after, was a scoundrel and playboy.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
• Solo is about the events that shaped him into a smuggling scoundrel.
  — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 15 May 2018
• In the latter, there were scoundrels and scandals, heros and heroines, triumphs and tragedies.
  — Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, 31 Dec. 2017
• The eyes are kind of strikingly similar to William, but William was a scoundrel.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
• To Heidl, the bankers and politicians are the real scoundrels, scurvy in their double-dealing and greed.
  — William Giraldi, Philly.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Why not the maverick wisecracking scoundrel who flew the fastest ship in the galaxy?
  — T.j. Furman, Philly.com, 21 May 2018
• The book focused on the brighter and lesser lights of San Francisco, its heroes and its scoundrels.
  — Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2018
• The Republicans defame the dead in service of a scoundrel.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
• Or to understand that your husband is a cheating scoundrel -- and move on.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2021
• Then the scoundrels noticed that the boat’s plughole was open, leading it to take on water at a rapid rate and slowly sink.
  — Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
• At that time, proving that Hayward was, in fact, a liar, a scoundrel, a cheat and a swindler didn’t constitute a defense.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
• Like when teams or players run afoul of the NCAA, or one coach calls another coach a dirty rotten scoundrel.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 8 Mar. 2023
• Estoril used to be a hangout for spies, scoundrels and socialites.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• Risk it all as Kay Vess, an emerging scoundrel seeking freedom and the means to start a new life, along with her companion Nix.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 11 June 2023
• The two men have to sneak into the country with the help of a semi-trustworthy scoundrel who is still reeling from his own crisis of faith.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Orange County Register, 6 Jan. 2017
• 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
• If not now, then by the next generation of cybernetic scoundrels, or the next.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• Historically, the claim of consensus is the first refuge of scoundrels.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 13 May 2017
• A couple of scoundrels, though, disappeared from the history books.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• There’s a grappling hook to make use of, but other than that, my scoundrel Kay Vess simply runs, jumps, and climbs up bright yellow grates and ledges like anyone else.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 19 June 2024
• The film presents the France of the Revolution and the Empire as an unfortunate episode of a country in the hands of a people of bloodthirsty and ill-mannered scoundrels.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The rotund scoundrel appeared in three Shakespeare plays and is given a splendid eulogy in a fourth.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 15 July 2019
• Tired of being seen as a mere sidekick—a cutesy accessory to some guy—Harley sets out to earn her own fame as one of Gotham’s premier scoundrels.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Hessler is an extraordinary writer, and his Egypt is full of scoundrels turned heroes and heroes turned scoundrels.
  — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024