Sentence examples for blackguard from inspiring English sources
verb
To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
The modish scoundrel of the past seven years the immoral banker outwitting inept regulators—has been edged out by a returning blackguard: the tight-fisted boss crushing the hopes of honest workers with miserly pay.
They are hardly the most expensive.John Smart's portrait of James Taylor is estimated at £15,000-20,000 and shows the face of a blackguard.
They became known generically as Fallen Women girls who had dashed their chances of marriage and a happy life by having an inconvenient baby out of wedlock (something that seldom seemed to happen to the upper classes) or becoming the mistress of a blackguard.
Lord Byron and John Keats The aristocratic Byron looked down on the "Cockney" poet Keats in more ways than one, calling him a "little dirty blackguard", while Keats, who was only 5ft tall, expressed envy of his rival's success and 6ft stature.
On the banned list you will find "pipsqueak", "swine", "rat", "blackguard" and "tart".
A "blackguard" originally referred to a lowly servant but came to mean 'scoundrel'scoundrel
Parnell was blackguarded by English Nonconformists and by the Irish Catholic hierarchy and lost his political leadership.
These are proudly displayed at trade fairs and sold to blackguards until the US and Europe decides the purchaser is an enemy and turns against them, as with Libya, now Syria.
Those greedy little blackguards are talking about the money they'll get, the Collection.
Uncle Pa says, Come on now, stop the blackguarding.
But let's not forget those blackguards Mr. Finley has been looking into lately.
