debonair

Example Sentences

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As the movie goes on, it becomes apparent that she is present mainly because she wants to meet the debonair Rodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“It was a very debonair thing to do.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Vargas Llosa’s air of debonair intellectual only added to the package: a writer for the New Statesman once described him as “tall, good-looking and with the social graces of the Latin American elite.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025

This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024

She loves the way Vic looks, using the word debonair instead of dapper.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan