Example sentences for: piggish

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

  • She also understands the importance of evil, both metaphysical (Voldemort), and human: Petunia and Vernon Dursley, the Muggle aunt and uncle who raise Harry in his orphanhood, along with their doted-on, sublimely piggish son Dudley, are grotesques worthy of Roald Dahl; Draco Malfoy, Harry's nemesis at Hogwarts, and Severus Snape (she's terrific with names), the diabolical potions teacher, are brilliant foils for Harry's flawed, instinctual goodness.

  • It attacks sentimentality, ideology, and piggish male heroism, preaching ambiguity in their place.

  • Even if Clinton's behavior was piggish, it's a bit unfair to expect Willey to get instantly angry and dress down the president of the United States as if he were the heavy in some "How to Stop Sex Harassment" training video.

  • "Broaddrick's story is believable because of its wretched familiarity," wrote columnist Michael Kelly, citing Clinton's "piggish behavior" with Lewinsky as evidence that he could be a "brute."


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