How to Use raffish in a Sentence

raffish

adjective

• Brighton, a resort on the south coast, is well known as a raffish, radical place.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2020
• Hinckley, who is twenty-nine, had a blond cascade of hair, round glasses, and a short, raffish beard.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• The students, raffish blue bloods, wear a uniform of chic navy with scarlet piping.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2018
• But McConaughey has a raffish charm that makes such high jinks forgivable.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2021
• Kevin, an Englishman living in Marseille, agreed to meet with the young Helder, who hoped to learn a few secrets of the trade from a master with a raffish reputation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
• His descriptions of the New York City of that era, and of the show-business personalities the twins met (including Barnum), are raffish and vivid.
  — Melanie Benjamin, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• Young Lendrum’s prowess earned him a raffish preeminence among his peers.
  — Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• Max Hardberger, a raffish oceanic repo man, stars in Urbina’s heist story.
  — Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• Christopher Burchett’s Macheath deftly combined menace and raffish charm.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Huggins is now seen as a raffish college basketball raconteur, not an outlaw.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The book moves from Johnny’s experiences in raffish 1970s London to the city’s turn-of-the-millennium rave scene to his social life after the arrival of dating apps like Grindr, which turn out to be a boon for old as well as young men.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2018
• In the documentary, Ledger’s best friend Trevor Di Carlo accompanies him on all his filming escapades, snapping rare images of the raffish star in his downtime.
  — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 4 May 2017
• Theo Gibson — a cynical, chain-smoking bachelor who cut a raffish figure on Leverett’s campus — looms over those years.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
• The second is Jeremy Irons’ suave and subtle portrayal of James Tyrone — one consummate actor stepping into the raffish skin of another.
  — Matt Cooper, latimes.com, 22 June 2018
• These raffish characters make no bones about having chosen one another, starting with grandma, who chose the whole bunch as an insurance policy against a lonely death.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
• He is frequently spotted partying hard in fancy nightclubs across London, flashing a raffish grin.
  — Sarah Lyall, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2013
• Stevens begins his account with an introduction to his ancestors, all of whom were show people in the gloriously raffish tradition.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• A security officer, who’d paid no attention to Mitrovich, came up to inquire what this raffish character was carrying in his bag.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
• The show is raffish, quirky, whip-smart, defiantly non-commercial, and totally unafraid to offend, especially from the left side of the political spectrum.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Sharif’s raffish looks and onscreen charisma quickly earned him leading roles, including the titular part in Doctor Zhivago, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
  — Laignee Barron, Time, 10 Apr. 2018
• The best emerging writers metaphorically reject their domineering parents and gravitate to their raffish uncles and outcast aunts.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Istanbul is both ancient and contemporary, elegant and raffish, traditional and innovative, and very multicultural, especially as related to art, cuisine, lifestyle, and commerce.
  — Karen Fedorko Sefer, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024