Examples of moonshiner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hopkins added to his criminal mystique as a moonshiner alongside Burt Reynolds in White Lightning (1973) and as Tex, a mysterious man who seals Billy Hayes’ (Brad Davis) fate, in Midnight Express (1978). — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 May 2022 The roles available in RDO include bounty hunter, naturalist, trader, collector, and moonshiner. — Paige Lyman, Wired, 7 Sep. 2021 Daniel, born in Akron with several generations of mechanics in his family (and a possible Tennessee moonshiner), originally wanted to be an architect. — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021 Deputy Game Warden Robert Marshall was shot and killed by a moonshiner in Preble County in 1922 while investigating a poaching incident on a farm. — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2021 The president also offered full pardons to a Pittsburgh dentist convicted of false billing, an Oklahoma moonshiner, and a Florida marijuana smuggler. — Justin Sink, Bloomberg.com, 23 Dec. 2020 Like old-time revenue officers heading into the backwoods to arrest moonshiners, Angel and his colleagues faced angry miners used to operating with impunity. — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020 As a young man, Johnson built a reputation as a moonshiner who could outrun the law on the mountain roads like no one else. — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019 As a young man, Johnson built a reputation as a moonshiner who could outrun the law on the mountain roads like no one else. — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019 See More

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