knave

Examples of knave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, our heroes are not traditional heroes but rather scoundrels and knaves and outcasts, all of whom have complex inner turmoil and compelling character arcs. Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Alice begs for the knave’s freedom, putting herself in danger. Liesbeth Powers, Dallas News, 27 May 2023 With 377 remaining options, my second word continued this theme with the mildly ironic ‘edits’ (no, rewriting Dahl’s books is not simply ‘editing’ you cowardly knaves). Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023 However, having dispensed with the knave who was for a while also their ace, the Tories now must find a leader who can revive an electoral coalition that only Boris could ever have built. The Editors, National Review, 8 July 2022 But as Karl suggests, Trump was a knave, not a fool. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The supporting cast includes knaves and villans such as outlaw John Wesley Hardin, Mexican General Santa Anna and swindler Billy Sol Estes. John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 27 May 2020 Identifying Figueras as a fellow-knave, Cassidy gives him a delicate sin to commit. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2020 Anybody who makes firm predictions now is a fool or a knave. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2020

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“Knave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knave. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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