How to Use hooligan in a Sentence

hooligan

noun
  • But Bruce stands apart from his fellow hooligans.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Mama has a clear sense of right and wrong, tasteful and tacky, raised right and hooligan.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Cozy was probably on their level in terms of being a bit of a hooligan.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There’s a scene where a hooligan bites the eye out of a police officer during a fight.
    — Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Thousands of bald eagles arrive early in the spring to feast on the hooligan.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2018
  • There's another group of hooligans who step into their bra like a skirt and pull it all the way up to their boobs.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2019
  • The film has a cast of thousands of depraved hooligan bikers with rusty weapons and rotten teeth.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 May 2024
  • The hooligans forced officials to postpone the game and clear the arena.
    — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Fears about hooligan violence have proven to be unfounded so far.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 29 June 2018
  • Does the world, in all its variety, contain any curling hooligans?
    — Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Sure, there were the local drunks, the teenage hooligans who tortured stray cats, but even these wayward bees had a place in the hive.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • What happens when these sorts of hooligans get thrown into the mix in an evacuation?
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2012
  • Clusters of stars move through the galaxy together like a pack of hooligans, and can be dated as a group.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Cohen played a soccer hooligan who finds out his brother is an assassin.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2018
  • And who would be harshing this hooligan’s buzz with a case of reform-minded abduction?
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The hooligan was captured in a picture wearing a gray t-shirt, Nike shorts and white sneakers, cop said.
    — Sam Raskin, Fox News, 26 July 2021
  • Russia’s soccer hooligans, usually a vicious group, are nowhere to be seen.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • While the hooligan set wasn’t always known for peace, their loyalty to the brand was unquestionable.
    — Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The cries mixed with disturbances, the chants of encouragement with shouts from the police and hooligans.
    — Esteban Campanela, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Buford traveled to games with British hooligans to understand the mind of a violent crowd.
    — Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • While Sport mode is fun for playing a hooligan, Comfort is a better fit for this Mini day to day.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2020
  • But the jeering of Gundogan didn't appear to be restricted to right-wing hooligans.
    — Ciaran Fahey, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • In the aftermath of Sunday, much has been said on the nuances between a fan, a hooligan, and a criminal.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 15 July 2021
  • And just like that, thanks to these local hooligans, Halloween costumes became scary, spooky, funny, and creative all at the same time.
    — Marissa Gold, Country Living, 24 July 2017
  • When behaving less like a hooligan, the CX-T grips, goes and shrugs off anything the rally course can throw at it.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • As McCarthy’s untamed hooligans steer the ship of state toward the chop, Democrats would be wise to stick with this instinct.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • As McCarthy’s untamed hooligans steer the ship of state toward the chop, Democrats would be wise to stick with this instinct.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Not only were hooligans running riot every week, but the grounds weren’t fit for purpose, and attendances were locked into a sustained nosedive.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • Passengers could only stare out the windows as about a dozen hooligans jumped atop the bus while others sprayed it with graffiti, including on the bus' windshield.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Some hooligans did ultimately commit war crimes in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, but that is not what Blattman argues.
    — Bridget L. Coggins, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022

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