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How to use bloke in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Bloke means a fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. Example: “This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.”

Examples of bloke by meaning

nounA fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

  • Half-sheepishly, the mechanic had eased round to nudge his mate to look also at the comical-looking bloke.1923, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Torestin”, in Kangaroo, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, page 1
  • The door flew open, and there was a bloke with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish.1930 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Old School Chum”, in Very Good, Jeeves!, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited...
  • No use, with a bloke like this, cracking up your own merits.1939 June, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter IX, in Coming Up for Air, London: Martin Secker & Warburg, published 1948...

nounAn exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.

  • For me, it's not a prerequisite to be a law-abiding citizen to be a good bloke.2019, Charles Staunton, “Cop this Bloke”, in The Good Bloke: An Incredible True Story, Sydney, N.S.W.: Pan Macmillan Australia, →ISBN

nounA man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.

  • Even now he's like this weird guy who comes into my life occasionally and asks me bloke questions.1996, Nick Earls, chapter 31, in After January (UQP Young Adult Fiction), St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, published 2006...
  • The kiwi bloke is a Pakeha working man, at home on the football field, in the sands of North Africa, at the pub (but in the public bar).1999, Malcolm MacLean, “Of Warriors and Blokes: The Problem of Maori Rugby for Pakeha Masculinity in New Zealand”, in Timothy J[ohn]...
  • A proper bloke, rather than something feminine or obviously dysfunctional.2004, Mickey Elias, Ed Seeker, “Jack-off Buddies”, in Men Speak the Unspeakable, London: Michael Elias Networks, →ISBN, page 62

noun(A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline...

  • A second green chit and then you get your hat for a talk with the bloke.1989, Rick Jolly, Trugg Willson, Jackspeak: The Pusser’s Rum: Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage […], Torpoint, Cornwall: Palamanando Publ....

nounAn anglophone (English-speaking) man.

  • The caption warned, "When we are gone their blokes will come to take our place, to take our homes, and to take our women."2017, Jeffery Vacante, “War and Manhood”, in National Manhood and the Creation of Modern Quebec, Vancouver, B.C.; Toronto, Ont.: UBC Press...

More sentences with bloke

  • This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.From the entry stood
  • An thor was this geet muckle bloke standin by the door!From the entry geet
  • Look! It's that bloke again what was 'ere yesterday!From the entry what
  • That bloke is such a character.From the entry character
  • Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.From the entry boofy
  • I have just been patronised terribly by a blokey bloke attendant at the Hammerbarn.2022 July 28, @oberonsghost, Twitter. From the entry Hammerbarn
  • The bloke tries to get her attention back, but I've friendzoned him.2015, Wendy Higgins, chapter 1, in Sweet Temptation, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry friend zone
  • The little nuggety bloke moved towards Tim and said, “I'll take you.”2012, Steven McCarthy, Black Angels-Red Blood, →ISBN. From the entry nuggety
  • She wants a whiter bloke, with more money, and whose ears don't stick out so much.2012, Ashraf Kagee, Khalil′s Journey, page 111. From the entry outjie
  • One bloke I met in the pub was the owner of the local meatworks.2010, Caroline Overington, I Came to Say Goodbye, page 201. From the entry rapt
  • Take the Jack Dusties, the stores blokes, they were in our mess.2010, Graham Hurley, Deadlight. From the entry dusty
  • He′d a shot all three of the blokes and the snake too.2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest, page 129. From the entry mad as a cut snake
  • “Should’ve been here yesty” say’s the bloke at the news agency when asked about the swell.2010 February 16, Spence J, “Gold Dust – From the streets and points of Coolangatta”, in Tracks, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2026. From the entry yesty
  • The old hands were doing well, so the new bloke asked them for advice.2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 156. From the entry rabbito
  • I couldn′t believe these blokes were armed and how cool everyone was about it.2007, Andrew Fraser, Court in the Middle, published 2010, unnumbered page. From the entry offsider
  • The bloke sitting there with his head buried deep in a ledger is the clerk.2006, Tommy Steele, chapter 6, in Bermondsey Boy: Memories of a Forgotten World, large print edition, Bath, Somerset: Windsor Paragon; BBC…. From the entry hod
  • A quarter of a million blanky sheep shorn a year, and they can′t keep on two blokes.2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 9. From the entry bung
  • I'd been getting ten bob a week nit-keeping for the SP bloke.'2006, David J. Potts, The Myth of the Great Depression, page 220. From the entry lurkman
  • The bloke who nicked the Sea Journey has to be caught.”2005, Forest Jones, The Greatest English Detective Club #1, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry lose one's bottle
  • 'You blokes want to be real careful riding pushies on this highway,' he said.2005, Andy Brown, Tim Garratt, Discovery Road, 4 edition, Eye Books, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry pushie
  • 'I picked up the bits of the last bloke who pedalled through here.'2005, Andy Brown, Tim Garratt, Discovery Road, 4 edition, Eye Books, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry pushie
  • “ I meant there was no jiggy-jiggy for those blokes .2003, Emil Di Vago, The Sultry Climate, page 26. From the entry jiggy jiggy
  • He replied: The bloke would have to get off at Redfern instead of going on to Central.1996, Peter M. West, Fathers, Sons and Lovers: Men Talk about Their Lives from the 1930s to Today, →ISBN, page 123. From the entry get off at Redfern
  • Fancy sending a bloke to a place like this and not telling him about drop bears.1995, John Marsden, The Third Day, the Frost (TCPA Tomorrow Series; 3), Sydney: Pan Macmillan; republished as A Killing Frost, New York…. From the entry drop bear
  • And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips.1994, Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral, spoken by Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman). From the entry bonk
  • There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.1986, B. Shaw, Countrymen. From the entry belong
  • I am concerned about Joe Bloggs, the ordinary bloke on the shop floor.1975 July 22, Ian Mikardo, “Attack on Inflation”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons Official Report (House of Commons…. From the entry etiolated
  • At the dancing blokes always made jokes if they knew a dame was from The Undesirables.1968, Gordon M. Williams, From Scenes Like These, William Morrow and Company, page 121. From the entry undesirable
  • “Hey, blokes,” yelled Dean or perhaps Serge, “let's pinch a boat.”1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry pinch
  • You didn't oughter scare a bloke like that, making out as you wasn't real.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry oughter
  • Our blokes are only trying to break it up.2019 June 7, Christian Nicolussi, “Friday night fights as Sam Burgess accused of 'dog shot' by Pearce”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry dog shot

Meaning of bloke

  1. noun A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
  2. noun An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
  3. noun A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.

Full definition of bloke

Questions about bloke in a sentence

How do you use bloke in a sentence?
Bloke is used as a noun. For example: “This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals.”
What is a short sentence with bloke?
“That bloke is such a character.”
What does bloke mean?
Bloke means a fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

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