debonair

Example Sentences

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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“It was a very debonair thing to do.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Here is this ostensibly brilliant, devilishly handsome, debonair man, touting his biotech voyeurism like he’s a kid showing off a painting he made in art class.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Manilow asked the crowd of the debonair record executive who helped shepherd him to stardom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

On a trip to Chicago in 1893, short, round fireball Ida Wells got to know tall, debonair, easygoing Ferdinand Barnett as they worked together on a pamphlet calling out racial inequities.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield