chap

Example Sentences

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As an honest broker from the moderate left, notwithstanding his Trump fixation, Mr. Traub may be the chap to get the message across.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"We were approached by a chap called Augusto Odone who was the father of Lorenzo, which the product is named after," he recalls.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

"I don't like this Musk chap," says Gloria Jane Martin.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

I hope that when I sent the old chap off in the crossbow capsule, I wasn’t shooting him toward his death.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin