Sentence examples for bit of a thug from inspiring English sources
His Sinatra was aggressive, abrasive, bigoted, a bit of a thug, and delicious to watch.
His Zus is surly, a bit of a thug but, in this context, a hero, and highly attractive.
By the age of 14 and 15, I was a bit of a thug, very aware of my perceived image and doing the bare minimum to get by.
His tactical nous and staying power have been consistently underestimated, perhaps because of the consensus characteristic that emerges from Mr Rogers's biography: in the words of a Western diplomat whom he quotes, Than Shwe is "a bit of a thug".
When we first encountered him, in The Hunter, published in 1962, he was a bit of a thug, "big and shaggy, with flat square shoulders and arms too long in sleeves too short", resembling the actor Jack Palance on whom Stark had modelled him.
"I think they have got a problem with the leader," says Sugar. "He looks like a bit of a thug boyo with his pint of beer in his hand, he does adverts for golf clubs now [actually a Ryder Cup plug for bookmaker Paddy Power] and all that stuff.
He was a huge man, 6ft 4in tall, and built as a rugby forward and was widely regarded as a bit of a political thug.
Angela Eagle described them as "thugs", Tom Watson called them "a bit of a rabble".
I dare say I am a bit of a thug... On the other hand, you know, every party needs some people who will rough it up from time to time".
