swashbuckling
Example Sentences
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But when Adidas unveiled the kits for the tournament, swashbuckling centre back Alexi Lalas and his team-mates thought they had been pranked.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
For decades, Diet Coke has been a durable pop culture icon, as much a symbol of boardroom swashbuckling as high fashion society.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
I always wanted to be a swashbuckling, sword-fighting Robin Hood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
When McIlroy emerged as a swashbuckling, shot-making force in the 2010s, many observers marked him out as a player who would claim multiple majors.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat and was tormented chronically by prolonged seizures of apprehension.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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