raffish

Example Sentences

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One ghost is a raffish Frenchman who exclaims, “quelle horreur!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The accusations had little impact, however, on his public persona as a raffish celebrity who was a fixture in gossip columns, a personal brand crystallized by the name of his music label: Bad Boy.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024

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

But logic isn’t the point of a story populated by a cast of colorfully raffish hit men, ne’er-do-wells, a precocious chaos merchant and an ever-looming crime kingpin called the White Death.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022

Growing up, I was always tickled by this raffish personal connection to history: part of the Puritans, but not actually puritanical.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann