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Recent Examples of blokeYes, that scary bloke Duncan Ferguson (who the commentators insist Everton ‘could do with out there today!’) scored lots of thumping headers, but his best-ever return in a season, from over a decade in the Premier League, was 11 goals, which was one more than Beto scored in 2024-25.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025 Who’s that Green Lantern-Goes-To-Business-School bloke down on the left.—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 Starkey is justifiably proud of doing something more experimental with this assemblage of blokes, and he’s particularly formed a tight bond with Ryder.—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 July 2025 Tell your wife said information, 2) Say that that information is incorrect when confronted by others, 3) Not stand up for your wife when another bloke tells her to put on a muzzle, and 4) Not stand up for her, period!—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bloke
Boxer Imane Khelif admitted to having the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, which is found in biological males, and undergoing hormone treatments to lower testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Olympics in an interview with the French sports publication L'Equipe.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Who is missing in Indiana Amber alert Authorities are searching for 2-year-old Saxon Clemons, a white male described as being 2 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 30 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
To be fair, the gentleman in the middle seat next to me did his best to not impinge on his neighbors, and the flight was fine.
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Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
The gentleman on the seat in front of me on that plane was smoking (yes, kids, cigarettes were once permissible on airplanes) not one, but two, cigarettes that were nestled twixt three fingers on his left hand.