swashbuckler

Example Sentences

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It was perhaps an odd choice for a high-fantasy swashbuckler set in ancient Persia.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

He had a bit of swashbuckler in him, more like an astronaut than a desk engineer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

Intentional or not, there were more similarities between the masked swashbuckler and the shortstop from Havana besides consonants and vowels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Peter Osnos, a Post foreign correspondent who later founded the publishing house PublicAffairs, said Mr. Horne was “not a newsroom swashbuckler, but someone who exuded quiet reserve, a thoughtful person on complicated stories.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

Penelope looked around but saw only moss, trees, and some lovely specimens of the common but ruggedly attractive swashbuckler fern, with its long, swordlike fronds and thick stems that were sturdy as peg legs.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood