rakish

Example Sentences

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He refused to don a tie and sports jacket, let alone a suit, and his everyday attire of shorts and jogging shoes or flip-flops gave him a certain rakish affability.

From Washington Post

Here’s Saint Levant sitting in a chair wearing a tank top, looking rakish and unhurried.

From New York Times

Such a meticulously restored, and rakish, car was to be expected at a vintage-vehicle show.

From New York Times

One dons his straw sombrero on the crown of the head while another arranges it at a rakish angle; some look off into the distance while one man gazes peevishly at the artist.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Air Force base where he becomes a “houseboy,” he is given the nickname Hong Kil-dong, the Korean Robin Hood, a curiously rakish nickname for someone so quiet, precise, observant.

From New York Times