clean-cut
Example Sentences
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With shaved head and visible tattoos, Iago is in a lower class than Lucas Iverson’s clean-cut Cassio, fueling Iago’s raging resentment of his rival, chosen by the general Othello to be his second in command.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Yet, I live in the messy, gray middle, the waiting and wondering, a category that is rarely so clean-cut.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Russian comedian Andrei Bocharov, 59, made his name as a clean-cut "Mama's boy" playing an awkward character in an absurdist 1990s TV show about post-Soviet life.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
“The best investors in the world all operate with very clean-cut, black-and-white rules with respect to managing risk.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 19, 2025
He shaved, trimmed his hair, and readopted the clean-cut look he’d had in high school.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
