Example sentences for: mobsters

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

  • Now let me tell you where you're wrong (oh, how I love writing those words): I didn't say that mobsters aren't taking their cues from The Sopranos . What I said was that no self-respecting mobster would want to be a member of Tony Soprano's sad-sack crew.

  • Mobsters in fact do take their cues from it, at least according to Time and Newsweek this week.

  • 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.

  • I think you've got one thing exactly right: The Sopranos works so well precisely because it is understated, because it is the opposite of the operatic Godfather . Together, The Godfather and The Sopranos make up some kind of whole, but here's the fundamental difference between them: Every mobster I've ever met imagines himself a player in The Godfather . I interviewed Sammy Gravano a few weeks ago and he said as much; The Godfather invested the lives of mobsters, who are in fact seedy and boring characters, with honor and drama.

  • Mobsters and Rat Packers


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