hectors 1 of 2

plural of hector

hectors

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hector

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hectors
Noun
At the slightest provocation, Ye bullies, hectors, and screams at everyone from Paris fashion-show lackeys to the mother of his child. Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hectors
Noun
  • Lower courts have ruled Trump overstepped his authority under a law historically used for imposing economic sanctions and other penalties on foreign enemies.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With a name inspired by unity, strength and joy, Zayu transforms on the pitch as a striker, showcasing exceptional ingenuity and agility that intimidates defenders.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This offense is methodical, with hulking bullies up front and a bellwether back in Jonathan Taylor.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hilaria Baldwin says bullies are to blame for her sudden exit from Dancing With the Stars.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All the while, Sarah is being hunted by corporate intimidators Dawson (Sam Worthington) and Rosetti (Willa Fitzgerald), who want to ensure her silence.
    EW.com, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In The Big Lebowski, thugs mistake the titular slacker (Bridges) for the wealthy Jeffrey Lebowski, sending him on a wild investigation with his pal Walter (John Goodman) into a ransom plot involving Lebowski’s young wife (Tara Reid).
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.
    Rabih Alameddine September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Hectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hectors. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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