chap
Example Sentences
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As an honest broker from the moderate left, notwithstanding his Trump fixation, Mr. Traub may be the chap to get the message across.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
But this stammering, rather dull chap doesn’t come across as a genius.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
"My mum kept the letters from him because she wanted me to marry another chap," explained Phyllis.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
Our unlikely hero is the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” as a manic pixie dream boy, an effervescently charming and inexplicably quirky chap.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
“And you’ll be the chap to tell it,” said Hazel.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
