Get to know Ruffians better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Ruffians meaning
plural of ruffian
Using Ruffians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of ruffian
- In the example corpus, ruffians often appears in combinations such as: of ruffians, the ruffians, ruffians and.
Context around Ruffians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ruffians
- In this selection, "ruffians" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allows, rusholme, bandits, led, approached and accustomed stand out and add context to how "ruffians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against some ruffians in a and and that ruffians were threatening. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ruffians" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ruffians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They are just ruffians accustomed to lead their life on remnants of banquets of their masters. (16 words)
Emerald City, Everybody Lies - Jack and Lady Ev Kiss Scene: Jack (Gerran Howell) defends Lady Ev (Stefanie Martini) from ruffians. (20 words)
The solemn ritual of this band of ruffians is all the more comic for being presented in Cervantes' drily humorous style. (21 words)
As the crone shrinks back from their combined assault, they are interrupted by Roger the Shrubber, who laments the lack of law and order that allows ruffians to say "Ni!" to an old woman. (34 words)
This is what led him on the road to damnation." citation * Bandits/ruffians ::They appear in several Gothic novels including The Romance of the Forest in which they kidnap Adeline from her father. (33 words)
On the way to Lawrence, the two rifle companies heard they were too late to save Lawrence and that Ruffians were threatening their own homesteads as well as their wives and daughters. (32 words)
That the local population has now chosen fealty to the Grand Thief in Moscow over the ruffians and rabble who have seized Kiev amounts to a giant: So what! (29 words)
Example sentences (14)
A trio of these "Cow-Boys" kept law and order in the town against a band of ruffians led by the town's corrupt mayor and sheriff.
Emerald City, Everybody Lies - Jack and Lady Ev Kiss Scene: Jack (Gerran Howell) defends Lady Ev (Stefanie Martini) from ruffians.
On the way to Lawrence, the two rifle companies heard they were too late to save Lawrence and that Ruffians were threatening their own homesteads as well as their wives and daughters.
The name "Flashbolt" sounds like it could be a comic book superhero, or a spell you cast when running up against some ruffians in a role playing game.
Stevie Warwicker, the store manager at the Marylebone branch of Ruffians, a small chain of barbers, thinks washing and conditioning every other day or a few times a week is enough.
That the local population has now chosen fealty to the Grand Thief in Moscow over the ruffians and rabble who have seized Kiev amounts to a giant: So what!
The victim told police that the duo of ruffians approached him from behind at Willoughby Avenue at 7:09 pm, before brandishing knives and grabbing the headphones.
They are just ruffians accustomed to lead their life on remnants of banquets of their masters.
As the crone shrinks back from their combined assault, they are interrupted by Roger the Shrubber, who laments the lack of law and order that allows ruffians to say "Ni!" to an old woman.
But in spite of the best efforts of Atchison and the Ruffians, Kansas did reject slavery and finally became a free state in 1861.
He attained a reputation for brawn and audacity after a very competitive wrestling match with the renowned leader of a group of ruffians known as "the Clary's Grove boys".
The band had also grown more diverse musically, with Marr adding rockabilly riffs to " Rusholme Ruffians" and Rourke playing a funk bass solo on "Barbarism Begins at Home".
The solemn ritual of this band of ruffians is all the more comic for being presented in Cervantes' drily humorous style.
This is what led him on the road to damnation." citation * Bandits/ruffians ::They appear in several Gothic novels including The Romance of the Forest in which they kidnap Adeline from her father.
Common combinations with ruffians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of ruffians 5×
- the ruffians 2×
- ruffians and 2×