How to Use rogue in a Sentence

rogue

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of roguenext
Synonyms for roguenext
  • Prince's full lips are glazed with gloss and pout like a rogue baby doll.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • When the shot went wide, the commentator blamed a rogue mole who had popped up through the grass.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • There have always been rogue cops, and there were ways of weeding them out.
    — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The one whose screens have seen it all – the Zoom fails, the ‘Oh sh—t’ deadline moments, and the rogue coffee splashes?
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • They were rocked by blast and rogue wave during Antarctic cruise.
    — Eric Williams, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • And as the surf grew throughout the day, rogue waves often washed onto the beach to soak spectators.
    — CBS News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • There are a few explanations of how rogue waves take shape.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Crates were loaded onto the truck, which Jameson kept there so rogue bees could find their hives.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Rhodes has said in interviews with right-wing hosts that there was no plan to storm the Capitol and that the members who did so went rogue.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Isiah and Nate are caught and have to escape rogue justice before they get killed.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Still a daredevil at 70, Corey’s dad was body surfing when a rogue wave slammed his skull into the sand.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
  • Edwards, on the other hand, still sees things like climate change as a bigger threat than rogue AI.
    — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • The writings of a rogue German priest named Martin Luther were publicly burned in its courtyard in 1520.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Edwards, on the other hand, still sees things such as climate change as a bigger threat than rogue AI.
    — Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • Or maybe there were rogue cells already coursing through my rollish veins that might waylay me down the road?
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The lid also screws on tightly to create a seal that will protect against rogue water.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The claims made by the rogue members contradicted the stated mission.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Many diplomats have told me in the past that, even with a rogue state such as Russia, some dialogue is better than none.
    — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 28 July 2022
  • Saudi Arabia has blamed the journalist’s killing on rogue agents.
    — Zeynep Karatas, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
  • Two days later, Maher pinned the blame on a rogue developer, but Roberts didn’t buy it.
    — John Hyatt, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In Season 3, Lamb’s disgraced spies work together to foil a rogue agent when one of their own is kidnapped.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 1 June 2022
  • The Ukraine invasion has been an object lesson in the risks of doing business with a rogue nation.
    — WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • One dab of this classic salve tames dry patches and peeling lips (and, at Allure HQ, sometimes rogue brow hairs).
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Plus the aiding and abetting of other tyrannical leaders of rogue states.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The first images of rogue worlds came in the 2000s, when astronomers spotted a few objects still glowing in infrared light from the heat of their formation.
    — Charlie Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
  • So, Russian journalist Alexei Pivovarov traveled to Tehran to learn what life is like in a rogue state.
    — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Shoppers will decide if not having to stick a finger in their cocktail to retrieve a rogue lemon seed is worth a higher price.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Now for that second mechanism, that can certainly lead to rogue waves.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • At least five members of a rogue security brigade seeking the ouster of Haiti’s prime minister died Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with police, who spent a third day beating back violent protests across the country.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • His basic belief is that the United States is a rogue hegemon that unfairly has too much international power and influence.
    — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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rogue

2 of 2 noun
  • He's a lovable old rogue.
  • Even The New York Times ran a piece in 2003 about the rogue’s gallery in the backyard.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Dress in a princess’s gown or a rogue’s rags for this year’s theme: 1536.
    — Stephanie Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Why would the rogue Prince Daemon agree to join forces with Driftmark?
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022
  • So, the risk of having your brain dissolved by a rogue amoeba is very low.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • My mind raced, cycling through a rogue’s gallery of suspects.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • What makes this one, Holbrook’s Clement Mansell, stack up with some of the greats from the Justified rogues gallery?
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • If this becomes the team’s main source of food, Coach Ben could be one to watch as a rogue dissident.
    — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Tufts of beige grass poked from the dark surface of the land, like rogue patches of hair on an elephant’s wrinkled back.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But Monday was not the first time Trumka went rogue since the October vote.
    — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The nightmare of a rogue AI taking over is just not happening.
    — Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the students went rogue in ways that dismayed the originators of the mission.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The flavors of chiles, shrimp and char in its broth build with each spoonful until the combined force hits you like a rogue wave.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • What style taboo will this rogue Jennifer Lawrence embrace next?
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
  • At the outer limit—in the case of rogue malware or pathogens—such drastic steps might be needed.
    — Mustafa Suleyman, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Vhagar, in turn, went rogue and took a big ol’ bite out of Arrax, killing both the smaller dragon and Lucerys in one chomp.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 Oct. 2022
  • For couples, drama and discord could surge up with Mars gone rogue.
    — ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Slater seemed pretty impressed with the ability to go rogue on set.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Berries Fresh berries have a pretty short life before going rogue.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The fiercest critics of short-term rentals don’t believe the platforms can put a stop to parties or rogue rentals in general.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • But the colleague who drew his name went rogue, and instead bought him socks with his 6-year-old daughter’s face printed on them.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But Dellrayne went rogue, and Diana herself fled the program.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
  • These deviled eggs have gone rogue in the best way, thanks to the addition of chili powder, peppers, and Cheddar cheese.
    — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Back in King’s Landing, Viserys chides Rhaenyra for going rogue.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Kane isn’t just messing around with random scenarios to see all the ways a rogue planet might spell our demise.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The case was just a blip on the national security radar, reduced to a tale of a lone Guardsman gone rogue.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • The webs can be used to snag on-screen scenery like boxes and levers which alter the futuristic landscapes filled with the rogue robots.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This one has room for a name or phrase that’s specific to you, and can be thrown in the washing machine if there’s a rogue accident or spill.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Look for fabrics like ripstop nylon to make sure a rogue boulder snag doesn’t ruin your trip.
    — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And given the risks to a company’s brand if an AI agent goes rogue, Sierra is betting that its expertise and experience will carry a lot of weight.
    — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024

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