Sentence examples for a skank from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a skank" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used as a derogatory term to describe someone, often a woman, perceived as promiscuous or lacking morals.
Example: "She was labeled a skank by her peers for her behavior at the party."
Alternatives: "a promiscuous person" or "a loose woman."

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No one called Seth Rogen a "skank" for his role in Knocked Up.

A woman needed to be a victim for at least a few days before she was labeled a skank.

Her?," already attracted, because in my eyes she wasn't a skank at all, or, if she was, she was a skank from some other realm altogether, and I couldn't from that moment on think of anything but getting her to talk to me.

Kirsten Heaven, a barrister acting for some members of Ellement's family, asked the witness if she had called the dead woman "a slag, a skank, a liar".

If accused of being a skank, one must be informed of the accusation, be able to obtain witnesses in his or her favor and be allowed to defend the alleged skankiness during a weepy confessional that reveals that the accusers, are, in fact, the true skanks.

Niecy Nash stars as a bustier-clad Oxy launderer with big dreams; Karrueche Tran was a surprising breakout as a skank with a heart of brass; and Carrie Preston and Judy Reyes were delights as a ladylike ex-con and a butch seducer named Quiet Ann.

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MH Underneath all the metal, grime, house, psytrance and crinkly vintage acts beats Glastonbury's true heart: a skanking reggae beat that unites everyone from crusty hippies to scene kids.

Protoje is perfectly pitched at an afternoon with a shy sun, coaxing it out with a stream of jams that wash into a skanking blur – and with a video backdrop of a lion wearing a crown against a Jamaican flag, he ticks all the boxes for a quintessential roots reggae experience.

Pretty sure this is a soccer game, not a skank-off at a ska fest, but I could be wrong.

Yes, the 'Teachers' diss might have ambition and breadth on its side ("Mr Mennie, you're a wank, your mum is a dirty skank").

The rape allegation had been a catalyst for harassment and bullying, Rheinberg told the inquest in Salisbury, saying senior officers had erred by keeping Ellement in the same barracks accommodation in Germany as the girlfriend of one of the alleged attackers, who became an apparent ringleader for abuse, calling Ellement a "slag, skank and liar".

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