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a dirty or sloppy person a slob of a professor whose office was littered with a decade's worth of notes and student papers

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Recent Examples of slob There’s a lot of resentment there, mostly from Kyle’s side, who still has an inferiority complex from the days of being the slob to Adam’s TV hunk, despite having ascended beyond his onetime screen partner on the comic-book movie ladder. Jack King, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky. Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024 The old Honor had an ambitious cocktail program but managed to hold an appeal for beer slobs and lovers of rail drinks, as well. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024 The parks wouldn’t be so bad if people weren’t slobs and cleaned up after themselves like decent human beings. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for slob
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Noun
  • But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.
    Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Beom-jun is the person behind the wheel of the car that hits Dong-sik.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Had Melanie Robinson survived, the 38-year-old mother would have been arrested on capital murder of a person under 10 years old in the death of her baby, Jonas Allen.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Despite a childhood in the wealthy suburb of McLean, Virginia, and years at a tony law firm, Carr has taken pains to cultivate an image as an everyman.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Neither man is named in the course of the film, though other characters — most notably their children — are: We’re invited to see both as everymen of a certain age.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • However, most of the damages (as much as 90%) will be allocated to football and men’s basketball due to the revenue generated by the respective sports.
    Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Very few men in their 30s hold on to that childhood dream — Cam Booser is the exception.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As the federal government continues whittling down its workforce, California has launched a new effort to recruit state workers from those purged by President Donald Trump.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Even legislative staffers have been unable to get answers about how many state workers and tax dollars have been diverted to Hope Florida from the state’s other programs to help residents in need of food, shelter, healthcare and work.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • The guy who shot that, Louis Powell, one of our South Africans, has been with the show for a very long time.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • These guys fought savagely, just fought incredibly hard.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Caro Stowell of Thomasville was dressed up like a clown.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The final moments of the trailer revealed a terrifying figure hiding deep in the woods, one that looked overwhelmingly like a female clown.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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