dapper
Example Sentences
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Safra brought in Juan Santa Cruz, a dapper banker turned restaurateur, to oversee the project, which includes a co-working space called Colette.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
So all of a sudden it’s like, “Wait, that’s the same guy. Now he’s looking dapper with a mid-Atlantic accent.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Wardlaw looks like a skinny Santa Claus with long white hair and beard, but he was dressed somberly Saturday night, like a dapper Scrooge after his epiphany.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
It is very dapper for a straight man, but it couldn't be more boring for Tan France.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
“Yes?” the dapper man at the clean desk asked brightly.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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