Examples of roughneck in a Sentence

Noun a town overrun by roughnecks a group of roughnecks like to hang out at the roadhouse and harass people Adjective their roughneck antics were amusing only if you were as drunk as they were

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun After all, one of the things that typified a lot of Willis’ earlier career was his ability to play trash with conviction, like his turn as the roughneck who saves the world in Michael Bay’s Armageddon. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2022 His loathing of Rose and Peter seems to spring from something deeper and more vindictive than standard roughneck ignorance. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Matt Damon stars as the Oklahoman, a goateed, denim-wearing roughneck named Bill with a sad past. — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Overwatch’s latest short focused on McCree, the game’s popular, roughneck cowboy character. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2018 See More

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