dashing

Example Sentences

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Actually, a lot of assets are dashing investors’ expectations regarding how they should behave during such a difficult period.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

A lower court last year handed the veteran 57-year-old politician a five-year ban from public office over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, dashing her presidential ambitions.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Set in the 18th Century, Wuthering Heights is a story of desire, obsession and revenge, following the affair between the wild Catherine Earnshaw and the dashing Heathcliff.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Mojica even shares flirtatious moments onscreen while interviewing Noé Margarito Zaragoza, a dashing and stoic ranchero who lives discreetly as a gay man.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

My mother shrieked when she heard my voice and I laughed at hearing my father in the background dashing to my mother in alarm, asking what was wrong.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez