Use "rogue" in a sentence

1. These dragons are considered to be rogues; they flame and kill anything and everything

2. guided by rogues and traitors from the Other World, renegades who

3. “You shouldn’t have told them about the Wellbelove’s Miss Prim, Granny won’t thank you for sending those rogues to her

4. I’ve dealt with all sorts of rogues in my career and even ones as lowly as child-absconders

5. “All depends on the rogues behind this crime, and their hideout

6. “Those awful rogues Ironbristles and Ramrod used to threaten that Dave’r would run us through with his knife if we weren’t fit for sea

7. “Strange? In the rogues gal ery of Ico, he was the one man

8. members of the cities' rogues gal ery

9. This is hallowed land and will not tolerate defilement by thieves and rogues

10. Rogues and ruffians started coming to the village; they would steal sheep and damage the farm equipment

11. “Well, there's the rogues and ruffians, the wild wolves and even the soil is too stony

12. And I expect that any rogues, ruffians or wolves that come by will soon be scared away when they see our ferocious monster

13. 'I was one of those dissolute rogues, the Free Companions, who burned and looted along the borders

14. "That's Conan the northron, the most turbulent of all my rogues! I'd have hanged him long ago, were he not the best swordsman that ever donned hauberk—"

15. 'I have you to thank for the lives of some three hundred and fifty of my rogues, who are at least convinced that I didn't betray them

16. "In, rogues!" yelled the outlaw

17. The rogues drew back momentarily, as their leader seized several and thrust them toward the single door, and in that brief respite Conan leaped to the wall and tore therefrom an ancient battle-ax which, untouched by time, had hung there for half a century

18. At that instant a fearful scream burst from the rogues at the door as a black misshapen shadow fell across the wall

19. He supposed that the noise of the fray had at last roused the palace, and that the loyal guards were upon him, though even in that moment it seemed strange that his hardened rogues should scream so terribly in their flight

20. And a tall gaunt man with a scar on his temple sat with his elbows on a wine-stained table in a squalid cellar with a brass lantern hanging from a smoke-blackened beam overhead, and held converse with ten desperate rogues whose sinister countenances and ragged garments proclaimed their profession

21. ROGUES IN THE HOUSE

22. As it is said, when rogues fall out, honest men may come into their own

23. 'Watch out for rogues off your starboard, we had a small one hit us two

24. So a cell of Intelligence rogues of the U

25. the foreign group to be partially successful, and the rogues did their thing to help make it look entirely like a foreign assault

26. But wait up! If we have established that you can’t live a life that is over, then how does it differ in real terms, if they have swindled you out of your life, out of the fantastic life you could have been living if you hadn't been surrounded from birth by swindlers, rogues and clowns like this?"

27. brothers to rogues and minions

28. equipment to locate and irradicate the rogues and their nests

29. Though the Indian forces entered the scene and stalled Pakistan’s progress through its proxy rogues into the heart of the valley, yet, stymied by the cease-fire call of the comity of nations, the Indian State couldn’t reclaim all of Kashmir to itself

30. To dispatch these rogues were those who stuck around for the training and never succumbed to greedy evil intentions

31. Trainees when they socialized, they socialized well even going as far as to call each other brothers so it was hard when it came to the extinction of the rogues as it pit brother against brother

32. Inside the city walls the vampires had the majority, but they also had the highest number of rogues, which were magical creatures that had become crazy slaves to bloodlust since it turned out that the sweet, coppery taste of blood was very addictive

33. So I killed them a lot, their rogues

34. Since we started on this adventure the whole race of rogues has become the object of my sincerest admiration

35. He wondered maybe some rogues who wished to harm the Dutchmen had roughed up the poor girl

36. The outcome was not something to celebrate, Hanor casting the two rogues a

37. “Patron, rogues attacked us after we cleared customs

38. Most of his followers were the night walkers, the Assassins and rogues of the lands, including Creteloc

39. For any one of us might say, that although in words he is not able to meet you at each step of the argument, he sees as a fact that the votaries of philosophy, when they carry on the study, not only in youth as a part of education, but as the pursuit of their maturer years, most of them become strange monsters, not to say utter rogues, and that those who may be considered the best of them are made useless to the world by the very study which you extol

40. And may we be so bold as to affirm that there are also many criminals to be found in them, rogues who have stings, and whom the authorities are careful to restrain by force?

41. without the fear of a repulse: those rogues the men, read us admirably on

42. Latin to these rogues, and neither of them has the decency to even answer back!"

43. "I'd be a match for all noodles and all rogues," returned my sister, beginning to work herself into a mighty rage

44. And I couldn't be a match for the rogues, without being a match for you, who are the blackest-looking and the worst rogue between this and France

45. They hang, behead, and impale their criminals in the most agreeable possible manner; but some of these, like clever rogues, have contrived to escape human justice, and succeed in their fraudulent enterprises by cunning stratagems

46. To tell the truth he was mean in fortunes and for the most part hankered about the coffeehouses and low taverns with crimps, ostlers, bookies, Paul's men, runners, flatcaps, waistcoateers, ladies of the bagnio and other rogues of the game or with a chanceable catchpole or a tipstaff often at nights till broad day of whom he picked up between his sackpossets much loose gossip

47. we to lay hands on the three cleverest rogues in Europe?

48. There still remained an arrest to be effected, but what were these commonplace rogues that he should soil his hands with them? An abstruse and learned specialist who finds that he has been called in for a case of measles would experience something of the annoyance which I read in my friend's eyes

49. And, moreover, at this fair there is at all times to be seen juggling cheats, games, plays, fools, apes, knaves, and rogues, and that of every kind

50. Now there happened, at that time, to come down the lane, from Broad-way Gate, three sturdy rogues, and their names were Faint-heart, Mistrust, and Guilt, (three brothers), and they espying Little-faith, where he was, came galloping up with speed

51. " How did these sturdy rogues and their fellows make David groan, mourn, and roar? Yea, Heman, and Hezekiah, too, though champions in their day, were forced to bestir them, when by these assaulted; and yet, notwithstanding, they had their coats soundly brushed by them

52. He is now lain down by me, and the minutes being too precious to consume in ultimate ceremony, or dalliance, my youth proceeds immediately to those extremities, which all my looks, humming and palpitations, had assured him he might attempt without the fear of a repulse: those rogues the men, read us admirably on these occasions

53. There were a few rogues and one or two outright loons, but several camp employees were friendly

54. Where have you foreign rogues hidden it? Confess or—"

55. The lake is full of fish, and you’ll find some other rogues camped down by the stumps

56. Populated by rogues, hucksters and fools Letters to my Broker is the classic comedy of errors revived for a new generation that teaches you the rules to trading the stock market haven’t changed in the 94 years since its original publication

57. How I wisht to scream, “Take me instead!” and gallop into the Centre of the Circle at least to preserve Isobel and Joan from the Wrath of these Rogues

58. I’ll have no Cunny-haunted, Cunt-struck Rogues in this Coach be they black or white!”

59. When the Day o’ Hangin’ came, we rode in no common Cart with the common Lot o’ Rogues, but hir’d a golden Coach an’ six white Horses to ride to the Fatal Tree, an’ we got ourselves up in gorgeous Gold-laced Clothes—all Snow-white Silk, with gold Embroidery an’ white cockt Hats, heavy with golden Lace, an’ flutt’rin’ Feathers as well

60. “By special Permission o’ the Hangman,” he went on, “(which we paid dear fer, I’ll warrant ye), Martin an’ I were to dye together in the very same Cart, so after we had said our pretty Speeches, an’ been duly blest by the drunken Preacher, we climb’d into the Cart just as jaunty as ye please, kiss’d each other full upon the Lips before the whole Crowd—which, I’ll warrant ye, drove ’em wild—(fer ne’er had they seen two lovin’ Men, lovin’ in Publick before such a Crowd o’ scurvy Rogues no less!), an’ then the Executioner puts a Noose around each o’ our Necks, fastens the other End to that ill-favour’d Beam, an’ this done, he gives the Horse a Lash with his Whip, an’ away goes the Cart, and lo! we are hoisted up in the Air by our Ears!”

61. I e’en saw the Pickpockets an’ Cut-Purses passin’ in the Crowd as I meself had done so many Times, an’ I thought to meself how much better a Filin’ Lay I’d been in me Time, an’ how clumsy these Rogues were, how thick an’ fumblin’ their Fingers! Almost as if I was a Bird, I saw the Soldiers standin’ at attention, their Spears pointin’ upward towards Heaven, their three-corner’d Hats near-perfect Triangles from above—but the strangest Thing of all came when I lookt at the Gallows: there hung poor Martin, his Face already black and blue with clotted Blood—and there hung I, surely as dead as he!”

62. ‘Are ye ready to go with me?’ it askt, an’ then, as if ’twere the Master o’ Ceremonies at a Country Fair, it show’d me whole blasted damnable Life in Review! There was Wilderknoll, an’ me accursed Father! There was me accursed Brothers an’ me accursed Mother! There was me Cruel Sweetheart, damn her Soul! There was little Pranks I’d play’d as a Child—like stealin’ me blasted Father’s Snuff-Box an’ fillin’ it with ground black Peppercorns! An’ there were the Rogues I met on the Road up to London, an’ the scurvy Captain o’ the Grace o’ God—that wretched Slavin’ Ship

63. They was thankin’ me in a kind o’ Silent Language an’ tellin’ me I was a Good Sort, an’ that they had dy’d in Pain but woke to Bliss, an’ we would be together now for all Eternity! Lass, ’twas the damndest Thing! Me whole Life, all the Rogues an’ Pretty Fellows I had known, was there before me! An’ the Ball o’ Fire, askin’ me whether I was ready to go with Martin, an’ me bein’ sorely tried, wantin’ to go with him, yet wantin’ to return to the World o’ Men to tell ’em what I knew, to tell ’em that God an’ the Angels verily guide our Ways, to tell ’em not to oppress their Fellows an’ make ’em Slaves, to show ’em their Cruelty an’ Barbarous Treatment o’ their Fellows

64. Many were uneducated Rogues from the Streets of London, Newgate Prison, or runaway Apprentices and Indentur’d Men from the New World

65. Thackaberry (also known as ‘Calico Thack’ because of his Habit of wearing Calico Trowsers), had made too many Enemies in his Days at Sea, had taken too many Prizes, and what was more, had refus’d to pay the expected Share of Booty to the Colonial Governours (calling ’em Cowardly Rogues, who claim’d to hate Pyracy, yet demanded their Share of the Spoils), and so, many a Ship was sent after him in hot Pursuit and a fine Price had been put upon his Head

66. As we came closer and closer to the Great City of London, my Heart beat faster and faster; and, in truth, ’twas easy enough to tell we were approaching the Metropolis, for the Thames became a Sea of Masts, and the whole Surface of the River was cover’d with Barges, Wherries, Boats of divers Sizes, with grizzly old Tritons rowing, and shouts of “Next Oars!” and “Skullers!” echoing in our Ears, and such a Volley of Bad Language from the Boatmen that ’twas amazing my Ears did not turn red for Shame owing to the Indignities that enter’d there! Whoe’er would ride in a hir’d Barge had no Choyce but to submit to the Language of the Rogues who rul’d the River, and I o’erheard many Arguments about Rates betwixt the Watermen and their “Bargees”—and not once but sev’ral Times did my Ears hear a Waterman shout, “Ye niggardly Sons of Bitches!” as he attempted to o’erturn his Customers into the Water because they refus’d sufficiently to grease his Palm

67. There were a dozen Rogues in all, grizzl’d Fellows in baggy Bargemen’s Trowsers, sweaty Shirts and short-skirted Doublets, with, as well, strip’d Stocking Caps o’er their bald Noodles

68. “Flee!” he cried again, holding off the Rogues with Good Horatio’s Help

69. Tho’ Theo was best at playing Clowns and Rogues, he aspir’d to Hamlet, Lear, Othello

70. Friendship’s all to Lancelot, an’ Honour amongst Thieves was all his Creed; now he sees his Confederate Thieves in as harsh a Light as all the Great World of Lawyers, Statesmen, an’ all such respectable Rogues

71. Handel—and other curious Germans or Italians who sing in Gibberish no True-born Englishman can understand—and in Painting, they call for the Italian Rogues, spend Fortunes upon Forgeries of Nymphs and Dragons, or else pay Homage to a Mountebank like William Kent, who declares all Englishmen devoid of Craft and Art, paints Pretty Pictures in the Italian Mode, styles himself a noble Ancient Roman, and hath the Earl of Burlington to lick his Arse and settle his Bills for Port! By God, Fanny, I hate the Palladians worse e’en than the Italian Charlatans, for they spit upon our Native English Genius, whilst they tout the rankest Mediocrity in the Name of Noble Rome!”

72. D’ye think ’tis easy to hear him whimper so and bear the Burden of the Crew’s Hatred? D’ye think ’tis easy to be Captain o’er a scurvy Lot of Rogues, a Parcel of Lazy Poltroons who’d as soon rot in the Grog Shops of the Sugar Isles as go to Sea and work for an honest Shilling? No! The Heart recoils, but the Head bids it be strong

73. I tell this Tale merely to illustrate the sort of Men our Pyrates were: rough-hewn Rogues who knew not that one great and hefty Stone was worth a dozen small! Literal they were and shrunken of Mind, and the Chance of building a Deocracy with them seem’d slim indeed

74. AFTER OUR DEBAUCH, WE four peculiar Lovers loll’d at our Ease drinking Sack and Claret, sleeping for sev’ral Hours entwin’d in each other’s Arms, then waking to talk quietly amongst ourselves; for oft’ ’tis true, that shar’d Pleasure softens the Aversions we may have felt before and brings ill-mated Rogues into the Orbit of Friendship

75. “Bitch! Witch! Shrew!” he cried, his red Face reminding me of the very ugliest of the ugly Rogues who’d rap’d my Sister Witches

76. As they fell down the rogues said, "Ah! the birds are

77. The rogues below thought the Evil One was descending the tree, and ran off, leaving everything behind them

78. He had the air of a man oppressed by business, weary and suffering, who yet would not, for pity’s sake, leave this helpless youth who, after all, was the son of his old friend and the possessor of such enormous wealth, to the caprice of fate and the designs of rogues

79. All he cared about was gaiety and women, and as according to his ideas there was nothing dishonorable in these tastes, and he was incapable of considering what the gratification of his tastes entailed for others, he honestly considered himself irreproachable, sincerely despised rogues and bad people, and with a tranquil conscience

80. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean

81. "Heavens, sir, what an idea! I never thought of such villainy! What inhuman rogues there are in the world! But Godfrey is a fine lad—a staunch lad

82. Then, as if delighted with the result of his examination, and allowing them to imagine that in his opinion this was the only way out of his difficulties, he retained some of the rogues as guides and dismissed the rest beyond his outposts

83. “I knew how to whisk it out of sight of the rogues

84. Burdovsky must be a simple-minded man, quite defenceless, and an easy tool in the hands of rogues

85. Then come the out-and-out rogues; well, they are a good sort, if you like, and sometimes very useful; but they waste a lot of one's time, they want incessant looking after

86. " Our "romantic" is a man of great breadth and the greatest rogue of all our rogues, I assure you

87. In their measureless conceit they do not admit any defects in themselves, they are like that species of practical rogues, innate Tartuffes and Falstaffs, who are such thorough rogues that at last they have come to believe that that is as it should be, that is, that they should spend their lives in knavishness; they have so often assured every one that they are honest men, that they have come to believe that they are honest men, and that their roguery is honesty

88. “Yes, yes; directly! But oh, what rogues these fat money bags are!” he said

89. "These girls are rogues," said the clerk, and to sustain his opinion that Maslova was the chief culprit, he related how one of those girls once stole a watch from a friend of his