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Recent Examples of gentleman Ever the gentleman, Usher then made things right with Sabrina's father in the comments of her Instagram post. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 May 2025 Sy will reprises his iconic role as Assane Diop, the gentleman thief who has fans across France and around the world. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2025 Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff posted photos of the couple getting ready for the event to his Instagram page. Angela Yang, NBC news, 6 May 2025 The gentleman wears his sense of existential defeat like an off-the-rack suit. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gentleman
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Noun
  • Her new home is a castle, and these new surroundings stoke her delirious fantasies of marrying local nobleman Prince Julian (Isac Calmroth), poet and heartthrob.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The play focuses on the relationship between King Edward II of England and Piers Gaveston, and Edward's murder on the orders of English nobleman Roger Mortimer.
    Sharareh Drury, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Lawrence is like the orange M&M, or the also-orange wiry guy from Inside Out 2.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 June 2025
  • These two guys have very different perspectives on just about everything.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • In March 2024, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie gave an interview to The Washington Post in Washington, D.C., where the prince works as a defense industry attaché at the Danish Embassy.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Off the back of that viral video, a fan of Harry and Meghan Markle suggested the prince was the most obvious example, posting several videos of Harry on royal engagements.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The suspect, who was confirmed by police to be an adult male, was also struck by gunfire and was transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 1 June 2025
  • Police records obtained by Fox News Digital show that Kroll, a male, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, obstructing a public officer and vandalism.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Diaz is accompanied by an immortal knight, a resourceful swashbuckler, an elderly vampire, a horny werewolf and an elf who can turn invisible (using a power that reminded me of Doli from The Prydain Chronicles).
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • With his vocabulary and euphemisms clearly formed by his affinity for fantasy fiction and medieval tales of knights and kings, Connor strikes an indelible impression on the show.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • One thing Lewis has never been accused of is being dumb — or, probably, being a good dude.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
  • To work with Sly [Stallone] now, that dude is a beast.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • And again summer approaches and one must sift through all those spoiling invitations that inevitably come rolling in when one is an indolent (and impoverished) European aristocrat — who needs to freeload off the rich and hardworking.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • Much of Emilia’s intellectual curiosity and confidence comes from her stepfather, a Spanish speaking schoolteacher who marries her pregnant mother, a novice Catholic nun abandoned after a romance with a wealthy Chilean aristocrat.
    Anita Snow, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • As Rusby talks of finding god and becoming a better man, Kev screws a silencer onto his pistol.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • Ellen von Unwerth mans the camera at the amfAR Gala in France on May 22.
    Grace Harrington, People.com, 25 May 2025

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“Gentleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentleman. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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