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Recent Examples of gentlemanly
Photo : Floris Floris Leather Oud If ever there was a gentlemanly leather scent, this is it.
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
Aguilar also became a huge concert attraction across the Americas with a gentlemanly vocal style that harks back to 20th century Mexico — an intoxicating blend of jubilant ranchera and misty bolero pathos.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
During his 11-season pro career, Gaudreau scored 243 career goals and 743 points and won the 2016-17 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league’s most gentlemanly player.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Three days after Powell thirst trapped with his pup, Brisket walked the red carpet in his gentlemanly bow tie.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024
Aguilar also became a huge concert attraction across the Americas with a gentlemanly vocal style that harks back to 20th century Mexico — an intoxicating blend of jubilant ranchera and misty bolero pathos.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
During his 11-season pro career, Gaudreau scored 243 career goals and 743 points and won the 2016-17 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league’s most gentlemanly player.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Three days after Powell thirst trapped with his pup, Brisket walked the red carpet in his gentlemanly bow tie.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentlemanly
Adjective
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After a young man is possessed in a séance by the spirits of kamikaze pilots: His usual rather weak features had taken on a manly, resolute look.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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This mixture of soapy and manly is the quality that makes the Sheridan-verse so weird and interesting as a cultural artifact; its popularity could reflect its efficacy in helping masculine men satisfy their need to feel big feelings about the world.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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He's remained a core player ever since as the chivalrous yet sometimes hot-headed Nicholas Newman.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
29 Oct. 2024
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This chivalrous gentleman was joined by a starstruck insect.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 June 2024
Adjective
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Celebrities are trading the saccharine styles in for something more masculine, more businesslike: neckties.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2025
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Unlike its more masculine counterparts, including the chore coat or the denim jacket, the cropped cocoon coat offsets its boxy shape with feminine details, like oversized, covered buttons; a stand-away collar; and curvy sleeves that are cropped just above the wrist.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Douyin Warnings From Within China China’s drive to assimilate the Tibetans echoes history elsewhere in the world where Indigenous people were seen by their foreign occupiers as savages who needed to be civilized with boarding schools, causing trauma and abuses.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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What does ring true until the final frame of the show and into our present-day lives is that civilization and the civilized rarely occupy the same space.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And in the drama category, Chalamet is nominated for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture for the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Antonee Robinson has been voted U.S. Soccer’s male player of the year.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom By Roger Rosenblatt Read On The Seasoned Traveler Enrique Olvera The Mexican chef behind Cosme and Pujol reveals his travel routine Read On Going Anywhere Soon?—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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In the video, guests dressed for an Instagrammable, Regency-era ball, while an orchestra played music for courtly dances and Lopez sat on a throne, holding court as her own version of Queen Charlotte.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
25 July 2024
Adjective
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Styling-wise, pair one of these pieces with Massimo Dutti’s ladylike pleated midiskirt, a pair of python-effect kitten heels from Reformation, and Allude’s lightweight, yet luxurious cashmere sweater.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2025
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Fashion Trend 2025: At The Cape An unexpected offshoot of the ladylike trend, the swift rise in capes, capelets and similar silhouettes points to a deeper refinement of quiet luxury.—
Lauren Caruso,
refinery29.com,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But at the very end, America's Democratic majority came home to Carter in a late surge that flooded polling places in party strongholds across the nation and stopped Ford's gallant comeback just short of victory.—
Peter Goldman,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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The Bears had mounted a gallant comeback in the second half against the best team in football and were in a position to tie the score with a field goal or win the game with a touchdown.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Gentlemanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentlemanly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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