bon vivant

As far as Wayne goes, Affleck has never played the suave, sophisticated bon vivant before onscreen.

They offer complex visions of a young artist dead before his time, of a persecuted gay poet, and of a bon vivant felled by stroke.

Since arriving in Washington in 1990, Boehner has played up his bon vivant image.

That is, until he decides to adopt a bon vivant alter ego—the ascot-wearing, chain-smoking Francois.

Mr. K— was a bon vivant as well as an accomplished teacher; he liked a sly illusion no less than a careful preparation.

The whole office wishes the happy landlord 'bon vivant' until we can do better by him.

However, the Mayor was a bon-vivant, and I do not wish to have a better set of bins to pick from.

He once bluntly told a bon-vivant gentleman to “Live on sixpence a day, and earn it!”

He was distinctly a bon vivant, but withal an upright, conscientious and capable minister.