How to Use rogue in a Sentence

rogue

1 of 2 adjective
  • Prince's full lips are glazed with gloss and pout like a rogue baby doll.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • There have always been rogue cops, and there were ways of weeding them out.
    — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
  • They were rocked by blast and rogue wave during Antarctic cruise.
    — Eric Williams, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Once a nautical myth, rogue waves have now been observed around the world.
    — Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
  • These tiny, rogue wires can pose considerable health risks.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • There are no longer any rogue items that become squatters where they aren’t supposed to be.
    — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 30 Dec. 2025
  • When the shot went wide, the commentator blamed a rogue mole who had popped up through the grass.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • The United States has become a rogue state.
    — Sasha Abramsky, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
  • My diagnosis of breast cancer hit me like a rogue wave.
    — Marielle Segarra, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • More data on rogue planets could help shed light on how all planets form, and how and which kinds go rogue.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Or maybe there were rogue cells already coursing through my rollish veins that might waylay me down the road?
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Crates were loaded onto the truck, which Jameson kept there so rogue bees could find their hives.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The lid also screws on tightly to create a seal that will protect against rogue water.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Isiah and Nate are caught and have to escape rogue justice before they get killed.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Only the rogue books — not the AI models — head to the shredder.
    — Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And as the surf grew throughout the day, rogue waves often washed onto the beach to soak spectators.
    — CBS News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Now for that second mechanism, that can certainly lead to rogue waves.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • Some militant groups which inked peace deals are still armed, with rogue elements that may still be active.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Others carried handbags stuffed with rogue heels and spare pairs of underwear.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
  • These shoes gave the tailoring a rogue edge against the peplum's romantic touch.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia has blamed the journalist’s killing on rogue agents.
    — Zeynep Karatas, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
  • There is rogue speech, there is evil speech, and it is all protected by the First Amendment.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That’s due in no small part to the venue’s lack of windows, which means no rogue photography from paparazzi or drones.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • One breakdown, one bad pass-off, or one rogue decision to carry a receiver can turn this game.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • However, the technique used here still relies on rare alignments and cannot find rogue planets at will.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
  • This goes beyond bad actors like fraudsters and into the realms of rogue AI agents.
    — Andrew Sever, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Plus the aiding and abetting of other tyrannical leaders of rogue states.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The next generation of space telescopes may detect even more rogue planets.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • This is a rogue idea that is far from widely accepted, though one that at least some experts say can’t be dismissed outright.
    — Jessica Wapner, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Edwards, on the other hand, still sees things like climate change as a bigger threat than rogue AI.
    — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 5 July 2023

rogue

2 of 2 noun
  • This time around, Trump seems to have gone rogue.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This sordid saga is a rogue boomerang.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Clip away rogue stems that rise from the base of the plant or the trunk.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Even in death the rogue hunter couldn’t be trusted.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Look out for these signs that your face products have gone rogue.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Braden’s steal to end the third quarter was one of those rogue plays.
    — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Over the past few years, as my hormones have gone rogue, so has my weight.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Picard, of course, had no option but to go rogue to stop them.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Shagan goes rogue and takes matters into his own hands.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Could someone new swoop in and excite the voters enough to go rogue?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But the real risk isn’t one system going rogue.
    — Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Officials said that group may have been hit by a rogue wave or a change in the current.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Then the rogue missile shows up on surveillance.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There was some rock-star rogue renovation there.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Not to give too much away, but Ben is more rogue than CIA.
    — Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Taking the lead on a project can be difficult when people go rogue.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • There are going to be agents that go rogue in unexpected ways.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
  • More data on rogue planets could help shed light on how all planets form, and how and which kinds go rogue.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
  • That is the strongest growth rate ever recorded for a rogue planet.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Crucially, the new study helped to clarify what rogue waves are not.
    — Avery Schuyler Nunn, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In the real ocean, nature limits how large a rogue wave can grow thanks to wave breaking.
    — Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And a rogue food delivery robot.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Friedmann talked compulsively about one of his avatars, a thief rogue.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Instead rogue waves involve a subtle quirk of nature.
    — Avery Schuyler Nunn, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2025
  • By May 2025, Wilson had gone rogue.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Controls prevent agents from going rogue.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Schumer must keep his caucus together to stop the rogue army that’s taking away our freedom.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Men and their doctors aren’t going rogue with this treatment—there is some research behind it.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Schmidt warned that without enforcement, these rogue models could spread unchecked and be used for harm by bad actors.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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