Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbledehoy
Noun
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All that vitriol over some poor, wide-eyed urchin just trying to climb an invisible ladder or descend some invisible stairs?—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026 -
Before long, the urchin’s scraps are not enough.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The tree was probably a young whippersnapper when the city was founded in 1836, McBain figures.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the Sharks have no obvious replacement for him — no young whippersnapper in the pipeline ready for his moment.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
Noun
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The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.—
Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2019
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Liliane Montevecchi, a glittering French gamin who became a cabaret star in Paris, a pal of Marlon Brando’s in Hollywood, and the Tony Award-winning ‘‘muse’’ of director Tommy Tune on Broadway, died June 29 at her home in Manhattan.—
Washington Post,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2018
Noun
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Unfolding in 1870s Oxford with adventures abroad, the series will expose the early antics of the anarchic adolescent who is yet to evolve into Baker Street’s most renowned resident.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2026
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The brave teen tried to deescalate the situation but Rivas, 45, turned the knife on the boy instead, stabbing the adolescent in the neck, shoulder and cheek, prosecutors said.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Flesh wounds, fetid moppets, breastmilk-leaking nipples, and sudden gushes of blood make for a Monty Python-style of ribald humor that will alienate and enchant in equal measure.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
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With Pixar-wide eyes and a mop of intricately tousled, treacle-brown hair, the young David (voiced by Brandon Engman) presents here as a plucky, intrepid moppet in the typical cartoon-hero mold.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Three adults and five juveniles were arrested after two people were stabbed on Wednesday at San Francisco's Dolores Park, police said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Report 21-16254-OF involves juveniles.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The additions include a swing set and two jungle gyms, one for children ages two to five and another for youngsters ages five to 12.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2026
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Reimer remembers going down to the beach as a child to see the grunion, and now likes to educate the next generation of youngsters who show up to see them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Hobbledehoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbledehoy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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