Sentence example with the word 'ruffianly'

ruffianly

bad, carlish, cloddish, disorderly, hooliganish, loobyish, lubberly, misbehaving, not respectable, out-of-line, roughneck, rowdyish, yokelish

Definition adj. violent and lawless

Last update: June 16, 2015


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The baby was the one soft spot in his ruffianly heart.   [Please select]

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The congregation in the castle, though devout, were ruffianly in their lives, nor did he spare rebukes to his flock.   [Please select]

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"You're better than you look," said Watson, surprised to hear such a sentiment from a man of such ruffianly appearance.'   [Please select]

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For this, Captain Kidd, a tried sailor, was chosen, and he set sail with a somewhat ruffianly crew in the ship Adventure.   [Please select]

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Aboard the Arabella there was to be none of the ruffianly indiscipline that normally prevailed in buccaneering vessels.   [Please select]

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It was a ruffianly thing to do--to kiss you, when I thought--" "You are to keep very still," I reminded him."   [Please select]

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"This--this thing," began Ruthven in a voice made husky and indistinct through fury, "this ruffianly behaviour amounts to assault."   [Please select]

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Over him stood a ruffianly looking tramp, whom Phil remembered to have seen about the streets during the day, with a stick uplifted.   [Please select]

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There were two of them, in straw hats and nankeen pantaloons, armed with cudgels, and a more ruffianly pair of villains I never saw before or since.   [Please select]

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