Ruffians
[rʌfi:ənz]
Examples
- The historian says: Ruffians, hired by Fulbert, fell upon Abelard by night, and inflicted upon him a terrible and nameless mutilation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How could she, a young and timid woman, make her way into such a place and pluck her husband out from among the ruffians who surrounded him? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ye have sufficient ruffians of your own, said De Bracy; not one of mine shall budge on such an errand. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And I don't believe in any pay to make amends for bringing a lot of ruffians to trample your crops. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The crew were a set of ruffians, specially picked for the job. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The ruffians tore him shrieking out of her arms, and have never allowed him to see her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I cannot hear unmoved that ruffians have laid in wait for him, and shot him down, like some wild beast from behind a wall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Several times last night, when the supernumeraries entered the arena to drag out the bodies, the young ruffians in the gallery shouted, Supe! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I am seeking the last resting place of those ruffians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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