Use "ruffians" in a sentence

1. Between them they manhandled the two ruffians to the rubbish store, threw them in and rammed the door shut, using a nearby length of discarded metal bar to jam the door firmly

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2. “Hopefully these ruffians will have seated themselves by then

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3. The ruffians quieted and watched as the ladies passed close by; then some made inappropriate remarks just loud enough for the ladies to hear

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4. could see a small band of ruffians watching from a nearby

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5. prompted the ruffians to quicken their pace

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6. I’ve proven my worth in driving ruffians

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7. “Yes Sheriff—I was accosted down the alley by four ruffians,” stammered Coal

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8. "There he is," one of the ruffians pointed with his shotgun at Bobby O

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

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

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

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12. And so, under the leadership of hirelings, these ruffians laid hold upon Jesus and rushed him out of the synagogue to the brow of a near-by precipitous hill, where they were minded to shove him over the edge to his death below

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13. band of ruffians on motorcycles and being both afraid and attracted

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14. Conan felt slow fury swell his heart as he looked silently down and saw the ruffians dragging her toward a tree whose low-spreading branches were obviously intended to act as a gibbet

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15. “And what about those ruffians who

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16. full with the ruffians who are lobbing snowballs

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17. “It is too rare to have the company of a true gentleman instead of that of ruffians in these troubled times

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18. three ruffians in tow

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19. ruffians had not despoiled me

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20. Everyone cooperated except the two Welsh ruffians

21. A casual onlooker could have mistaken him for the head of a band of ruffians

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22. You and your ruffians are finished now

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23. Forensic medicine was on the top-floor, there even was a notice next to the top button saying so, but the two ruffians never noticed

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24. He was buckled up in a heavy nightwatchman-attire, and there were two ruffians following him

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25. Fred stepped into the chamber unhesitatingly, and the ruffians had to follow

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26. Within minutes all the policemen came out, the two ruffians wearing handcuffs held between them

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27. He’s keeping these ruffians alive, and believe it or not, I cannot do this all day

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28. The two ruffians fell over themselves to lead the travellers to the only inn in town

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29. meaning of the three ruffians in the Masonic parable of Hiram Abiff

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30. "Did I not tell thee, Sancho," said Don Quixote at this, "that we had reached the place where I am to show what the might of my arm can do? See what ruffians and villains come out against me; see what monsters oppose me; see what hideous countenances come to frighten us! You shall soon see, scoundrels!" And then standing up in the boat he began in a loud voice to hurl threats at the millers, exclaiming, "Ill-conditioned and worse-counselled rabble, restore to liberty and freedom the person ye hold in durance in this your fortress or prison, high or low or of whatever rank or quality he be, for I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, otherwise called the Knight of the Lions, for whom, by the disposition of heaven above, it is reserved to give a happy issue to this adventure;"

31. That small group of men whom I tried to limn with loving care, but sparing none of their weaknesses, was characterised by a friendly reviewer as a lot of engaging ruffians

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32. It has happened to me to meet a few ruffians here and there, but I never found one of them "engaging

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33. “Have a romantic dinner without these little ruffians,” she’d said

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34. How do you explain the influence the count evidently possessed over those ruffians?"

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35. Ben Wheeler killed one of the earl’ s ruffians, and Ralph killed Ben

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36. and three dirty, scarred, evil-looking ruffians of the kind that could be hired for a few pennies in any low

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37. “And I had to hire those ruffians and get them horses

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38. “Not just Ralph and his ruffians, but the king and the church

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39. He receives these wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from genteel ruffians who have gained the confidence and affection of trusting women

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40. The old boy had gone off in a motor to collect the two ruffians who had interviewed me yesterday

41. Amateur sport is free from betting, but a good deal of outside betting goes on among the public, and it is possible that it might be worth someone's while to get at a player as the ruffians of the turf get at a race-horse

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42. Some were convinced, some not, but either way, boys who arrived at Victory as ruffians often left it renewed and reformed

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43. Standing at the main door were two men, a couple of ruffians with matted hair and tattoos

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44. The crew were a set of ruffians, specially picked for the job

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45. 'But we don't want no more rabble and ruffians

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46. you mean that your precious Chief has been hiring ruffians out of the wild, then we've not come back too soon

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47. in keeping a guard, while ruffians were still about

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48. guess that the "Chief" will have a gang of ruffians handy

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49. The ruffians had clubs in their hands and horns by their belts, but

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50. ' The three hobbits came on, and then the ruffians turned and fled

51. The ruffians are on top, gathering, robbing and bullying, and

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52. and ruffians in the Shire itself - to rescue Lotho Pimple!'

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53. are other ruffians near at hand

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54. These ruffians don't stick at nothing

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55. it weren't for these thieving ruffians

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56. After that the ruffians turned nastier

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57. Presently a whole squad of the ruffians came

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58. No one paid any heed to their orders; but as the ruffians passed, they

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59. lot of Men, ruffians mostly, came with great waggons, some to carry off the

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60. Ruffians laid hands

61. one could hide a bit of one's own when the ruffians went round gathering

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62. 'I heard one of the ruffians speak

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63. ' "I'll give you Sharkey, you dirty thieving ruffians!" says she, and

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64. The ruffians that were watching our land have fled off south, those that escaped alive

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65. 'They're coming along the road from Waymeet, but a good many stray ruffians have joined up with them

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66. Merry now had enough sturdy hobbitry to deal with the ruffians

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67. The ruffians came tramping along the East Road, and without halting

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68. Nearly seventy of the ruffians lay dead on the

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69. The dead ruffians were laden on waggons and hauled off

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70. gentle! He's responsible for bringing in these ruffians, and for all the

71. 'For it's only a guess that there is no ruffians left at Bag End,' he said

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72. The task of hunting out the last remnant of the ruffians was

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73. Great stores of goods and food, and beer, were found that had been hidden away by the ruffians in sheds and barns and deserted holes, and especially in the tunnels at Michel Delving and in the old quarries at Scary; so that there was a great deal better cheer that Yule than anyone had hoped for

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74. I quieted my Breath, near stopp’d my Heart, until the Ruffians all departed

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75. ” She pointed sadly to the Cross she bore, still red and angry as the Ruffians who incis’d it

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76. “That’s what happens with a load of ruffians

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77. A piece can sometimes be divined on the enunciation of the personages; in the same manner a band can almost be judged from the list of ruffians composing it

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78. To-day he exists in the state of tradition among ruffians and assassins

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79. Leblanc disappeared under the horrible group of ruffians like the wild boar beneath a howling pile of dogs and hounds

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80. The ruffians bound him securely, in an upright attitude, with his feet on the ground at the head of the bed, the end which was most remote from the window, and nearest to the fireplace

81. And dismissing with a gesture the ruffians who still kept

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82. Leblanc had barely pronounced a few words, without raising his voice, and even during his struggle with the six ruffians near the window he had preserved the most profound and singular silence

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83. Only five ruffians now remained in the den with Thenardier

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84. It is probable that the prisoner had this sou piece on his person at the moment when the ruffians searched him, that he contrived to conceal it in his hand, and that afterward, having his right hand free, he unscrewed it, and used it as a saw to cut the cords which fastened him, which would explain the faint noise and almost imperceptible movements which Marius had observed

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85. Marius reeled in utter horror, the very ruffians shuddered, hardly a muscle of the old man's face contracted, and while the

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86. Two of the ruffians laid their hands on his shoulder, and the masked man with the ventriloquist's voice took up his station in front of him, ready to smash his skull at the slightest movement

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87. The ruffians who were holding the prisoner released him; in the twinkling of an eye the rope ladder was unrolled outside the window, and solidly fastened to the sill by the two iron hooks

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88. At last, he had grown impatient, and, sure that there was a nest there, sure of being in "luck," having recognized many of the ruffians who had entered, he had finally decided to go upstairs without waiting for the pistol-shot

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89. The terrified ruffians flung themselves on the arms which they had abandoned in all the corners at the moment of flight

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90. "And you?" Javert asked the rest of the ruffians

91. They pinioned the ruffians

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92. The Thenardier woman cast a glance at the ruffians who had allowed themselves to be pinioned, and muttered in hoarse and guttural accents:—

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93. The six pinioned ruffians were standing, and still preserved their spectral mien; all three besmeared with black, all three masked

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94. The assassinated man who flees is more suspicious than the assassin, and it is probable that this personage, who had been so precious a capture for the ruffians, would be no less fine a prize for the authorities

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95. In that hideous courtyard, called the court of the Batiment-Neuf (New Building), which the administration called the court Saint-Bernard, and which the robbers called the Fosseaux-Lions (The Lion's Ditch), on that wall covered with scales and leprosy, which rose on the left to a level with the roofs, near an old door of rusty iron which led to the ancient chapel of the ducal residence of La Force, then turned in a dormitory for ruffians, there could still be seen, twelve years ago, a sort of fortress roughly carved in the stone with a nail, and beneath it this signature:—

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