libertine

Example Sentences

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The slightly buffoonish libertine and eldest son of billionaire magnate Logan Roy, Connor has sidestepped the battle for power that animates his three younger half-siblings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

They are the fictional forbears of Anna Delvey and every other libertine upper-class grifter one can conceive of.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2022

The autonomous German-speaking province in the Dolomite mountains borders newly locked down Austria and has long harbored a certain libertine sentiment.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Colossally wealthy by his mid-30s, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. reared the nine Kennedy siblings in a cocoon of sybaritic luxury, flagrant privilege and frequently libertine license.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald