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Giannis, a gentleman even in this era of scoundrels, likely wants to do right by the Bucks, too.—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025 Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 drops you into the galaxy’s underworld as Kay Vess, a scoundrel trying to pull off the biggest heist in the Outer Rim.—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 These twin influences, religious fervor and a preoccupation with dangerous men, would go on to define the next six decades of the director’s working life, finding expression as a conviction that even scoundrels are in possession of a soul.—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025 It’s scorned Donald, who saw that scoundrel Lee leaving his mistress’s house this morning.—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scoundrel
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