Examples of man-about-town in a Sentence
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While discussing his role in on Netflix’s Forever in an interview with PEOPLE, Michael Cooper Jr. shares that has no plans to be the stereotypical Hollywood man-about-town.
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Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 5 July 2025
Harrell’s version of fashion and urban culture referenced Nicky Barnes, the flashy drug kingpin and man-about-town who once graced the cover of the New York Times Magazine: designer suits, expensive cars and flowing champagne.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Hollywood man-about-town Christopher Chang and fashion designer/olive oil purveyor Davide Baroncini also make appearances as customers at The Bear.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 27 June 2024
The magazine’s first employee was Rea Irvin, a charismatic and worldly man-about-town—known for his distinctive fedora with a wide brim—who had been an actor, a comic-strip artist, and an art editor.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
The same might have been said of Duff Cooper, a British viscount, diplomat, politician, war hero, man-about-town—always good for a glass of port or an extramarital romp.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
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Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 5 July 2025
Harrell’s version of fashion and urban culture referenced Nicky Barnes, the flashy drug kingpin and man-about-town who once graced the cover of the New York Times Magazine: designer suits, expensive cars and flowing champagne.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Hollywood man-about-town Christopher Chang and fashion designer/olive oil purveyor Davide Baroncini also make appearances as customers at The Bear.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 27 June 2024
The magazine’s first employee was Rea Irvin, a charismatic and worldly man-about-town—known for his distinctive fedora with a wide brim—who had been an actor, a comic-strip artist, and an art editor.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
The same might have been said of Duff Cooper, a British viscount, diplomat, politician, war hero, man-about-town—always good for a glass of port or an extramarital romp.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Man-about-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man-about-town. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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