gent

Example Sentences

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A well-educated cosmopolitan gent whose inherited family riches were expanded under his watch, a man who understood the economy and helped people manage their money, which was how he made money of his own.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023

Only in the last verse does the listener learn that it wasn’t a woman who left the now crazed gent, but a dog.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

The gent standing by is likely the taxi’s driver.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

One day I went to see a gent in his 70s who works as a checkout clerk, near Disneyland, at a big-box store that is definitely not the second-happiest place on earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Pa called, and “Each gent bow to the lady on the left!”

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder