How to Use bloke in a Sentence
bloke
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An evening spent with these blokes will take you beyond the stars.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2017
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But Jamie Dornan was so cute and such a down-to-earth bloke.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
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The origin of the painting was a Titian of a bloke playing an organ and a nude woman.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
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Now, Gates is one of those rich blokes who believes his kind should pay more in taxes.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
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People fleeing #LondonBridge but the bloke on the right isn’t spilling a drop.
—Kalin Kipling, sacbee.com, 4 June 2017
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People fleeing #LondonBridge but the bloke on the right isn't spilling a drop.
—Peter Holley, Washington Post, 4 June 2017
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Jauregui is bitten by the fangs of love when one handsome bloke in a spiked jacket brings her whole world to a halt.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2018
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Their friendship, during the band and afterward, was joke-y and bloke-y.
—Jancee Dunn, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
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For a lager-swilling bloke like Charlie, the proposition is as alien as going to the pub in a tutu.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 10 Sep. 2020
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So, all of a sudden, having a bloke around is unusual — even now.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
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Hold on, the bloke who stands by the goal and has never had any impact on any football match ever has something to say!
—SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
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Whereas Mrs von der Leyen speaks like a technocrat, Mr Johnson speaks like a bloke telling jokes in a pub.
—The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
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Of course, her new boss (Adam Demos) is a mysterious, rugged bloke and sparks fly – as does liquefied sheep poo.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
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But here there is only one useless bloke on the sidelines named Claude (Richard Armitage), the informant who put Debbie in jail.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
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Sam Groth Final tip of the backwards cap for one of tennis’ good blokes, playing in his final tournament.
—Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 Jan. 2018
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One of these comics uses a drink to perform feminine swagger, the other bloke-at-the-bar thoughtfulness.
—New York Times, 9 July 2022
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Timmy bought it for me.’ For the young blokes to have that humility from a legend is phenomenal.
—Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2019
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Flipping past the guy with the world’s longest fingernails and the heaviest house cat ever, Galvin saw a photo of a bloke bog snorkeling and had an epiphany.
—Sol Neelman, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2012
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The size of the hypocrisy in these stupidly put together 'hot takes', particularly from blokes who spout this sort of BS, makes Mount Everest look like a speedbump.
—SI.com, 12 June 2019
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Idles, a quintet of grizzled-looking blokes from Bristol, England, hurled songs like lifelines.
—Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Anyway, that was good, and then there was that France game, with the bloke who dislocated his shoelace and that United player with an ever changing haircut.
—SI.com, 20 June 2018
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James Fairchild is effective as Don, the bigoted bloke who learns acceptance.
—nola.com, 15 June 2019
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What’s the deal with the sinister-looking bloke who periodically shows up in a car outside her house?
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2019
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In a typical fringe event, bald blokes outnumbered women.
—The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
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The irony of France defeating another bloke named Harry, on a different pitch last weekend, is not lost on either side of the English Channel.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
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Meanwhile, let’s face it, Facebook has much more compelling content that two blokes talking to each other via webcam.
—Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 8 May 2017
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Last ditch challenges and fearless, goal-denying blokes are Adrian Mariappa’s bread and butter.
—SI.com, 7 May 2018
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Harry Styles has a nice turn as a surly bloke ready to throw a French interloper overboard from a sinking ship—shades of Brexit indeed, though cooler heads prevail and the Frenchman is spared.
—Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 25 July 2017
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All the blokes are coping with romantic dysfunctions and other regrets.
—Bob Strauss, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2017
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Some locals describe him as a happy-go-lucky bloke with an infectious laugh, liked by everyone; others say everyone hated him.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
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