swashbuckler
Example Sentences
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A hero, an ace swashbuckler and an expert marksmen, no one ever wonders if Link is too delicate to save the magical kingdom of Hyrule.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
It was perhaps an odd choice for a high-fantasy swashbuckler set in ancient Persia.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
Pork Filled Productions, which focuses on providing a platform for Asian American artists, seemingly never met a genre it wasn’t willing to explore, from seafaring swashbuckler to steampunk Western.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
Peter Osnos, a Post foreign correspondent who later founded the publishing house PublicAffairs, said Mr. Horne was “not a newsroom swashbuckler, but someone who exuded quiet reserve, a thoughtful person on complicated stories.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022
“There, by the left, you look a regular little swashbuckler now,” chuckled the kindly hare.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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