How to Use rogue in a Sentence
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Prince's full lips are glazed with gloss and pout like a rogue baby doll.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 15 May 2023
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When the shot went wide, the commentator blamed a rogue mole who had popped up through the grass.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
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There have always been rogue cops, and there were ways of weeding them out.
—WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
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The one whose screens have seen it all – the Zoom fails, the ‘Oh sh—t’ deadline moments, and the rogue coffee splashes?
—Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
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They were rocked by blast and rogue wave during Antarctic cruise.
—Eric Williams, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
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And as the surf grew throughout the day, rogue waves often washed onto the beach to soak spectators.
—CBS News, 23 Jan. 2023
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There are a few explanations of how rogue waves take shape.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
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Crates were loaded onto the truck, which Jameson kept there so rogue bees could find their hives.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
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Rhodes has said in interviews with right-wing hosts that there was no plan to storm the Capitol and that the members who did so went rogue.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022
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Isiah and Nate are caught and have to escape rogue justice before they get killed.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
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Still a daredevil at 70, Corey’s dad was body surfing when a rogue wave slammed his skull into the sand.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
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Edwards, on the other hand, still sees things like climate change as a bigger threat than rogue AI.
—Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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The writings of a rogue German priest named Martin Luther were publicly burned in its courtyard in 1520.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
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Edwards, on the other hand, still sees things such as climate change as a bigger threat than rogue AI.
—Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
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Or maybe there were rogue cells already coursing through my rollish veins that might waylay me down the road?
—Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2022
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The lid also screws on tightly to create a seal that will protect against rogue water.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
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The claims made by the rogue members contradicted the stated mission.
—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
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Many diplomats have told me in the past that, even with a rogue state such as Russia, some dialogue is better than none.
—Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 28 July 2022
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Saudi Arabia has blamed the journalist’s killing on rogue agents.
—Zeynep Karatas, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
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Two days later, Maher pinned the blame on a rogue developer, but Roberts didn’t buy it.
—John Hyatt, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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In Season 3, Lamb’s disgraced spies work together to foil a rogue agent when one of their own is kidnapped.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 June 2022
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The Ukraine invasion has been an object lesson in the risks of doing business with a rogue nation.
—WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
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One dab of this classic salve tames dry patches and peeling lips (and, at Allure HQ, sometimes rogue brow hairs).
—Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
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Plus the aiding and abetting of other tyrannical leaders of rogue states.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
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The first images of rogue worlds came in the 2000s, when astronomers spotted a few objects still glowing in infrared light from the heat of their formation.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
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So, Russian journalist Alexei Pivovarov traveled to Tehran to learn what life is like in a rogue state.
—Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2022
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Shoppers will decide if not having to stick a finger in their cocktail to retrieve a rogue lemon seed is worth a higher price.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
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One possible danger is a rogue network that tricks people into joining.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The United States has become a rogue terrorist state.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Silicone styles like the ones from Loulou Lollipop do a standup job of catching rogue crumbs and food in their wide-mouthed pouches.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
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