Example sentences for: maverick

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

  • Even a maverick like Republican Rep.

  • The movie is a remake of a 1980 John Cassavetes sausage (a rare formula picture for the maverick director) about a gangster's mistress (Gena Rowlands, who has a cameo here) who stands up to her lover by rescuing a little Spanish boy whose family has been wiped out by mobsters.

  • Back in 1931, however, when Bodenheim was coming into his own as a literary maverick, New York publisher Horace Liveright issued his novel— Naked on Roller Skates . The title is a grabber, but the book itself would be anathema to feminists since it features a heroine who wishes to be beaten and degraded:

  • Francisco Labastida, a seasoned politician favored by party bigwigs, clobbered his nearest competitor, Roberto Madrazo, the maverick governor of the Tobasco region.

  • John McLaughlin on Post- Fin de Siècle Alienation If McLaughlin's maverick tendencies occasionally produce madness, they can also produce genius (at least as far as chat TV goes).


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