gentleman

Example Sentences

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“We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen, and I can’t identify a lot of good options, even as the ships carrying the Marines are heading for the Gulf,” he added.

From Barron's

Montaigne “has seen too much of gentlemen in the long robe, until he wishes for cannibals,” he suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong,” Mark Twain said in a speech on taxes and morals.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was sitting in the chair in mid-shave when a bald gentleman barged into the shop searching not for a cut, but a promise.

From Los Angeles Times

“To have purported agents, gentleman in street clothes, executing an arrest, failing to identify themselves, not having previously announced themselves and asking the judge’s permission to take action in the courtroom is extraordinary,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times