gentlemanly

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Recent Examples of gentlemanly Jackson’s opening acts reflected his classic approach to country music and gentlemanly approach to performing. Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025 Grant in particular runs away with the show, the epitome of British charm in his rumpled wardrobe, dry wit, and refined gentlemanly manners. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025 Image ‘Paddington in Peru’ Directed by Dougal Wilson, this sequel sees the gentlemanly bear Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) on a trip to Peru to find his Aunt. The New York Times, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025 But the occasionally frantic ex-jock and the gentlemanly straight man had instant chemistry. Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gentlemanly
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Adjective
  • Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • And women who tried to build muscle were seen as manly or unnatural.
    Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • He's remained a core player ever since as the chivalrous yet sometimes hot-headed Nicholas Newman.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This chivalrous gentleman was joined by a starstruck insect.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 June 2024
Adjective
  • Andrew Durand, as McCurdy, lends him a square-jawed masculine resentment and entitlement.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The clever exploration of contrasts — marrying delicate fabrics, soft palettes, and masculine silhouettes — was the label’s unique formula for winning over fashion’s insiders, including powerhouse Moda Operandi.
    Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The education of a nation’s citizenry, whether public or private, is the heartbeat of any sustaining and civilized culture.
    Patricia A. Daniel, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
  • What started as a civilized, postwork affair with a sushi station escalated for many of the guests as more and more martinis were drunk from Madeline’s martini bar.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Both Accountant 2 and Sinners are R-rated are competing with Revenge of the Sith for male attention, although the latter has the advantage of also playing to families.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The male wolf also had been released into Colorado from British Columbia but was found in Wyoming.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For any living room that could use a charming focal point, this number from Mackenzie Childs in their signature courtly check indicates style, and design know-how.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Inside the feudal fortress, decorative interiors include frescoes credited to Benedetto Bembo, such as Camera d’Oro, a room that depicts courtly interactions between Pier Maria Rossi and Bianca Pellegrini and recounts the tale of their love.
    Gulnaz Khan, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Think elegant, ladylike pairings that balance the volume with polish, minimalist all-black ensembles that let the silhouette take center stage, and playful mix-and-match looks anchored by cool-girl sneakers.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Here, contexts are reconfigured and layering is an act that’s less about pairing and more about juxtaposition which creates a ladylike silhouette.
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For nearly a century after the Civil War, terroristic lynchings of Black men in the South were frequently justified as gallant acts by white men to protect their wives and daughters.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 16 Apr. 2025
  • An elaborate ideology confers legitimacy upon the Kim family: according to the country’s founding myth, Kim Il Sung led a gallant band of guerilla fighters in the bitter winds of Manchuria to defeat the Japanese, liberate the Korean people, and establish the North Korean state.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2010

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