gentleman

Example Sentences

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She added: "I have no doubt that if this defendant was genuinely starving and had asked Mr Mackey for help, this kind, generous gentleman would have assisted him."

From BBC

He’s a perfect gentleman taking care of his 10-year-old brother Frederick.

From Los Angeles Times

My client, a single gentleman with $150,000 in annual income, is age 56.

From Barron's

The Rand Club was founded a year later by mining magnates, including Cecil John Rhodes, who walked the future streets of Johannesburg and selected a corner for what he deemed an essential gentlemen’s club.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Old gentlemen would come and shake their sticks outside the shop window and yell ‘degenerate’ and ‘obscene,’” Ms. Quant recalled.

From Washington Post