swank
Example Sentences
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Mr. Mulla subtly guides us to a sympathetic view of these rarified figures, in their swank and privileged world, caught out of time and defeated by vast historical forces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
EVANSTON, Ill.— Bryan and Kay Keenan just paid $2 million for a 1,600-square-foot apartment in The Mather, a swank retirement community here.
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
However, a Times report found it has instead generated billions of dollars’ worth of tax breaks for the wealthy often in pursuit of luxury high-rises, high-end hotels and swank office space.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
“My comfort zone is being outside of my comfort zone,” León said from his shopping-bag-strewn suite at a swank Beverly Hills hotel in California, his girlfriend and team at his side.
From New York Times • May 27, 2024
He was making it up as he went along, some new version of a future, and all he really knew was that this strange swank girl needed to be part of it.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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