How to Use panache in a Sentence

panache

noun
  • She played the role of hostess with great panache.
  • Creative guns, a wide range of skills, and a lot of panache.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 13 June 2018
  • Their car windows are down to add some breeze-in-the-hair panache.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
  • As in the Times piece, the story-telling has panache and is rich in telling detail.
    Nicholas Varchaver, Fortune, 18 June 2017
  • The book is self-published, but the story is told with skill and panache.
    Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That became their goal: to beat Scaramouche, not in length, but in panache.
    Michele Wojciechowski, HWD, 9 Oct. 2017
  • There are other avian options to bronze in the oven and present with panache.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • If not, the White Sox just created it and with panache.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Odom and Young leap into their parts with the trust and panache of a couples trapeze act.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Odom and Young leap into their parts with the trust and panache of a couples trapeze act.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
  • With so much panache, could a new romance be on the horizon?
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • Henderson manned the job with polish and panache for most of the past three decades.
    Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The man guides the pigs home with utter assurance and panache.
    New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Porter plays Pray Tell, the guy who MCs the ballroom events with great panache and scathing and extreme wit.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
  • Some restaurants have proven that dining can have some panache even in the age of Covid.
    Kim Severson, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2020
  • But their on-court panache had nothing on their off-court wardrobes.
    Bill Van Niekerken, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2018
  • So make the most of it with a shopping trip to find some home decor that will light up your life with a bit of panache.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Firing from the hip works in the same fashion with Sylvester Stallone panache.
    Eric Tegler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The rest of the story is well known, though the authors tell it with riveting panache.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • William Shawcross covers the Queen Mother’s 101 years with panache.
    WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Still, this potent pony car has plenty of panache to please its fans.
    Michael Simari, Car and Driver, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The servers brought the food out table by table with a choreographed panache that added to the night's decadence.
    USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Lemkin also shares some tips and tricks to pulling off a cowboy boot with panache, too.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2023
  • And when the scares do come, Diallo pulls them off with a panache that reveals her taste for the smart stuff.
    Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Yet for all of his panache, there’s always been so much substance with Sanders.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The too-cool fork caps, the black spoked wheels, the two rear frame hoops, the black forks, the polished pushrod tubes atop the cylinders, even the turn signals have panache.
    Bill Roberson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • There is some visual panache here, and scenes that show promise.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Wear it over a sleek blazer paired with black boots, adding extra panache to a suave evening look.
    Ty Gaskins, Men's Health, 12 Dec. 2022
  • What transpires is a propulsive, fascinating tale told with great panache, like one of the action films that Goudreau reveres.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Mayer is obviously a wicked guitar player, supple and slick, an ace as a mimic who also has his own panache.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024

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