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Recent Examples of galootBut the energetic, foul-mouthed galoot seems mainly focused on drilling through ice for a swim as often as possible.—Will Tizard, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024 Our heroes — on a simple quest to find one hulking, hairy galoot — have to traverse a dark, dangerous, and honestly pretty fake-looking forest, filled with enormous insects and other strange surprises.—Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2024 Henri was a tall galoot with a hawk nose, very little chin, and a prominent Adam’s apple.—Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023 Nobody plays a big galoot better than Marino and Ron can be profoundly annoying and ridiculous, the worst of the try-hards.—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023 Winston Duke, my favorite big galoot, gets to have a little fun as the garrulous tribal leader M’Baku, but the new character Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who is intended for a Disney+ TV spin-off, feels a bit lost in the shuffle.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022 Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love.—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 And yes, that left-handed galoot in the fairway goes by the name of Phil Mickelson.—David Weiss, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 In other Gronkowski news, the big galoot has always been generous with his time and his compassion.—Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2019
Pharaoh Compton had eight, giving them the kind of production from their bigs that has been absent for much of the season from guys not named Magoon Gwath.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
Padilla asks confused, before Gillis points out a slew of struggling cast members, including Michael Longfellow passed out in a robe on the couch, Mikey Day wearing Sarah Silverman’s clothes and the Please Don’t Destroy guys looking disheveled in their suits from the event.
Bill was a gentle man and a gentleman, wise beyond our times.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
Fans of the show know that getting a job offer related to Severance might be an unsettling proposition, but the gentlemen of Odesza jumped at the opportunity.
The driver of the semi, a 41-year-old male from Schererville, was uninjured.
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Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
In a lifetime, according to the Daily Infographic, the average male spends a total of 855.8 days in the bathroom; 85 days more than the average female.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
Usually, that question produces a sparse list of obvious salary dumps plus a handful of veteran players who are getting squeezed out by some dude on Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospects list.
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Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Now, Walter is still hanging around Misty, doting on her and generally just being a great (yet super-creepy) dude.
The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.
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Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
According to the police department, a 46-year-old Towson man is charged with first-degree murder and currently being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
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