raffish

Example Sentences

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In 2011, she was stunned to learn that her raffish little cafe had been awarded a Michelin star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Now combined into a single storefront, the current retail space retains raffish details of its liquor-store days, including a retro red-and-blue neon sign and period gilt window lettering advertising cognacs and cordials.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

It happened in a tournament of 53 teams, at a time when the selection process seemed much more raffish and maybe even beery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022

Being known as a raffish rule-breaker has always been a key element of Boris Johnson’s political brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2022

Tonsures, pigtails, head completely shaved but for a single forelock, long sides drawn into a queue with a raffish short-cut roach in the middle—all of it was prideful and abhorrent to the Pilgrims.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann