libertine

Example Sentences

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In 2004, Mr. Ziegler’s “Man of Letters” chronicled maverick British publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, who edited the first edition of the collected letters of Oscar Wilde that shed new light on the libertine writer.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

As a native New Yorker, Lauren would have seen California’s well-manicured image of libertine paradise often.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Along with the wine recommendations and sketches of vintners and varietals are vivid portraits of headstrong Ethel, Ms. Feiring’s libertine father, Philip, and her beloved brother, Andrew.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

For his part, Adams viewed Jefferson as a libertine and radical whose ideas might push America into the bloody chaos that had overwhelmed France after the revolution of 1789.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald