Scarface is an English word with synonyms like capone or gangster. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Scarface in a sentence
Scarface meaning
A person with a scarred face.
Using Scarface
- The main meaning on this page is: A person with a scarred face.
- Useful related words include: capone, al capone, alphonse capone, gangster.
- In the example corpus, scarface often appears in combinations such as: the scarface, in scarface, scarface and.
Context around Scarface
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scarface
- In this selection, "scarface" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, book, howard, includes, nation, part and hawks stand out and add context to how "scarface" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and howard scarface hawks were and debt to scarface as it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scarface" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scarface
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s a Scarface story. (5 words)
Scarface' Russian oligarch's estranged wife slams Prince. (8 words)
That includes Scarface, one of the seminal films of the 1980s. (11 words)
Frank (It’s A Wonderful Life) Capra and Howard (Scarface) Hawks were going to become engineers, Edith Head – costume designer and winner of eight Oscars – was a Spanish language teacher before dressing the likes of Grace Kelly and Kim Novak. (40 words)
At one point in this scene, which, by the way, owes just as big a debt to Scarface as it does to Oldboy — at least geography-wise — Vanga uses a robotic arm to film Ranvijay in a graceful circular motion. (40 words)
Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America, Macmillan (2011) e-book Scarface, part of a cycle of gangster films at the time, See also Little Caesar and The Public Enemy (both 1931). (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America, Macmillan (2011) e-book Scarface, part of a cycle of gangster films at the time, See also Little Caesar and The Public Enemy (both 1931).
Frank (It’s A Wonderful Life) Capra and Howard (Scarface) Hawks were going to become engineers, Edith Head – costume designer and winner of eight Oscars – was a Spanish language teacher before dressing the likes of Grace Kelly and Kim Novak.
It's said that Scarface himself admired the Welshman for using his gun only as a last resort.
It takes you out of yourself," the "Scarface" actor said at the time.
John Wagner, Alan Grant, and Norm Breyfogle provided some of the best Batman content in the 80s and 90s, creating the first version of Ventriloquist and Scarface in the process.
Scarface’s lyrics about the perils of Black life, “From Amsterdam to Amarillo,” are a dreadful reminder to Black Men regarding the tenuous nature of the next moment.
That includes Scarface, one of the seminal films of the 1980s.
The actor is best known for playing Michael Corleone in the epic gangster movie The Godfather, as well as the titular anti-hero in Scarface.
The crime boss known as Scarface has crossed over into folklore territory and has been depicted in many fictional gangster flicks, but his real-life story has also been front and center in five biographical pictures.
Alphone Gabriel Capone – also known by his nickname ‘Scarface’ – was an infamous gangster and criminal mastermind.
At one point in this scene, which, by the way, owes just as big a debt to Scarface as it does to Oldboy — at least geography-wise — Vanga uses a robotic arm to film Ranvijay in a graceful circular motion.
Four years earlier she welcomed her son Alexander, 38, whom she shares with second ex-husband Steven Bauer, 67, who's best known professionally for his role in Scarface.
He has tattoos of Al Pacino on either side of his neck, one being Scarface.
I had a poster of Pacino from “Scarface” on the wall of my apartment as a young man.
It’s a Scarface story.
The Penguin Showrunner Lauren LeFranc on the series vibing "Scarface" and how Matt Reeves' take on the character is different from others.
The Ventriloquist became a terrifying threat after being resurrected as a Black Lantern, creating multiple indestructible construct version of his dummy Scarface, wreaking havoc in a way he was never able to during his lifetime.
But during an interview with Fox 5 later in June, Scarface revealed that although his lungs recovered, the illness left him with permanent damage to this kidneys.
He hasn’t experienced as serious symptoms as Scarface, but cautioned others to stay safe.
Scarface' Russian oligarch's estranged wife slams Prince.
Common combinations with scarface
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the scarface 3×
- in scarface 3×
- scarface and 3×
- scarface in 2×
- as scarface 2×
- for scarface 2×