How to Use class act in a Sentence

class act

noun
  • She's a real class act on and off the soccer field.
  • Roy has always been a class act & is one of the greats.
    oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2021
  • So Cam Newton is more of a class act than Brady, right?
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 8 Feb. 2018
  • That dude is a class act on, and especially off, the field.
    Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Make the night even more memorable by looking like a class act.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Good for you, Deshaun, for being a true role model and class act.
    Tyler Waddell, ajc, 27 Sep. 2017
  • And for remaining a class act through all of it. Thank you to Clayton Kershaw.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The Bruins kept 25% of Backes’ salary, but the Ducks are still paying a lot for a guy who’s a class act but might not have much left to give on the ice.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Barty showed herself to be a true champion and a class act.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 12 June 2019
  • That aside, Garrett has been a class act and a strong community guy.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 5 July 2020
  • She’s courageous, smart, ethical, fair, and a class act.
    Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Childers is rarely anything but a class act, in victory and defeat.
    Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 24 June 2018
  • Quotes like these continue to demonstrate why Swinney is such a class act.
    Rolando Rosa, ajc, 11 Nov. 2017
  • What a competitive class act that Coach (Andy) Robbins has with that team.
    Evan Dudley, al, 23 Apr. 2022
  • In addition to being a giant in college sports, Slive was a class act in every way.
    Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2018
  • Nathan Chen is a class act role model and has impacted his sport in ways like Jordan, Rice, Curry.
    Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Now it’s Albert Pujols, a class act whose presence leaves his teammates in awe and spreads goodwill throughout the dugout. ...
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
  • The Houston Symphony is a class act, and they were seriously impressed by the artistry.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Maguire is going through a difficult spell, but remains a class act who will return to form in time.
    SI.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • On and off the set, Jim has always been a class act, the consummate professional and gentleman.
    Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Watch the divas belt it out Come summer, Ravinia becomes Chicago’s living room, and visitors to the park's 36 acres sit on a sprawling lawn to enjoy world-class acts.
    Antonio Basada, CNT, 1 Sep. 2017
  • It’s all class act metal-comedy, of which has garnered the duo tens of millions of views/likes on their respective TikTok channels.
    Quentin Singer, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Nall was a class act, a team guy and a good representative of his university throughout.
    Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Although a class act on his day, those days are becoming increasingly rare.
    SI.com, 9 July 2019
  • Walden is a class act and political juggernaut who will be sorely missed in Washington.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive Politics Team, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2019
  • For starters, Smith is a better quarterback than many give him credit for, a class act who has the respect of his teammates, a 43-21 record as the Chiefs starter and arguably has been sharpened by the arrival of the vastly talented Mahomes.
    Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Not because Paul Goldschmidt, the former Diamondbacks first baseman and longtime Rockies nemesis, is such a class act.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
  • One of the best male tennis players in history, Federer is a class act who always carried himself with dignity.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But for one of the NFL’s marquee headliners, a man who has almost always presented himself as a class act, to suddenly condone violence was so tacky.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Not a class act Mr Trump’s popularity among blue-collar whites, in Harlan and elsewhere, is not based on his promise to rebuild their shrunken industries.
    The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019

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