Example sentences for: gangster

How can you use “gangster” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Chicago Sun-Times ' Roger Ebert says the scenes where Grant learns to talk like a gangster are "so badly handled by Grant that the movie derails and never recovers."

  • Later gangster Per Lansky began the process that transformed the island from a private sanctuary with magnificent homes into a playground for tourists.

  • The gangster Al Capone’s cell was on “B” Block, 2nd tier, number 200.

  • Or compare Cagney with fellow macho icon John Wayne: The punk gangster's stock has fallen, while the silent cowboy's keeps on rising.

  • Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), the protagonist of John Boorman's marvelous almost-comedy The General , is a gangster in the flamboyant movie tradition of movie mobsters who smile at the bullets that end their lives.


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