Bastards is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bastards meaning
plural of bastard
Using Bastards
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bastard
- In the example corpus, bastards often appears in combinations such as: the bastards, bastards and, bastards of.
Context around Bastards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bastards
- In this selection, "bastards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, targaryen, poor, ton, starting, django and went stand out and add context to how "bastards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as devils bastards and demons and calm the bastards in his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bastards" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bastards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
God speed you magnificent bastards! (5 words)
Surely, adding in "you bastards" too would've given it even more oomph. (13 words)
The poor bastards are confused, and they resent giving up the greatest deal on Earth. (15 words)
We've grown what is now Hollywood's largest portfolio of Tarantino films to include Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful 8, and Death Proof in addition to the movies we just picked up. (34 words)
On 21 May, Major went for broke and, to try to calm the “bastards” in his own party, announced that the UK would refuse to co-operate in EU meetings until further notice. (33 words)
In episode 7, we finally get the Sowing of the Seeds, and Alyn plays a bit of a role as the recruiter of the Targaryen bastards in King's Landing. (30 words)
God speed you magnificent bastards! (5 words)
He should vacate office because we are sick and tired of these bastards dying in office all the time! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another of Mushroom's additions is the story of Rhaenyra forcing Alicent and Helaena () into a brothel for comments about her sons being bastards.
I hear heavy breathing coming from all around me, and I can hear the two-ton bastards starting to move.
Protestors outside Tory conference chanting ‘scum, scum, scum’, ‘bastards’ and various charming forms of the F word.
We've grown what is now Hollywood's largest portfolio of Tarantino films to include Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful 8, and Death Proof in addition to the movies we just picked up.
Any bloodshed paled in comparison to just last week, when scores of Targaryen bastards went up in flames as part of the so-called Red Sowing.
God speed you magnificent bastards!
In episode 7, we finally get the Sowing of the Seeds, and Alyn plays a bit of a role as the recruiter of the Targaryen bastards in King's Landing.
That they failed to score with any of them remains the concern, prompting Juric to urge his players to “be much more clinical and much more, like Italians say, bastards”.
The Elder fulfilled that dream when he referred to the PPP/C Party as “devils, bastards and demons!” while suggesting and subscribing to election rigging.
Their appearances signal the eventual reveal of the dragonseed, bastards of Valryian descent who were fathered in Blackwater Bay, particularly Dragonstone and Driftmark.
The poor bastards are confused, and they resent giving up the greatest deal on Earth.
And the men in the film really are the pits – while there is no John Wayne, there are plenty of bastards.
He should vacate office because we are sick and tired of these bastards dying in office all the time!
If I were writing a L&O episode around this I'd be looking for either the other operator or the bastards he owed money to.
In celebrating the team’s independent spirit, “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” suggests what’s missing from the corporate game.
My point is you should not put greedy dumb bastards in charge of your government, or worry about economics more than lives.
On 21 May, Major went for broke and, to try to calm the “bastards” in his own party, announced that the UK would refuse to co-operate in EU meetings until further notice.
So choose wisely amongst these troubled monarchs and heirs and bastards to prevent terrible heartbreak, and to quench thy parched throat.
Surely, adding in "you bastards" too would've given it even more oomph.
Surrounded, Chesty quipped, “Those poor bastards, they’ve got us just where we want them.
Common combinations with bastards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bastards 15×
- bastards and 6×
- bastards of 4×
- bastards who 4×
- bastards in 3×
- bastards are 3×
- little bastards 3×
- inglorious bastards 2×
- targaryen bastards 2×
- poor bastards 2×