Sentence examples for were delinquents from inspiring English sources

"They fired us like we were delinquents," Vargas said.

The girls were delinquents like them, they came in a bus from a convent ten miles away, and two nuns stood up on the platform next to the record-player to keep an eye on what went on.

His adolescent cohort had not been earnest strivers—"There were a lot of kids in my neighborhood that were delinquents, normal delinquents"—but that changed after his father introduced him to tennis.

His adolescent cohort had not been earnest strivers — "There were a lot of kids in my neighborhood that were delinquents, normal delinquents" — but that changed after his father introduced him to tennis.

The singer told people the alleged incident made him feel like the captain "was trying to make it seem like we were delinquents". .

After eight months, 58percentt were delinquent again.

Two years ago, barely 1 percent of such loans were delinquent.

Almost 14percentt of subprime borrowers were delinquent in the first quarter of 2007.

By early 2009 9% of residential mortgages, worth nearly $900 billion, were delinquent.

In the first quarter, the share of prime loans that were delinquent or in foreclosure rose sharply.

Nearly two-thirds of the condo loans were delinquent, according to the nonprofit group's records.