chap
Example Sentences
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He sips small amounts of ice water because drinking too much is akin to licking one’s lips, causing them to chap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
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
"He is just as funny off stage as he is on stage, a great chap, I like him," said David.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
I don’t know what I expected, but he just looked like anybody—like the sort of chap who would come into the shop and buy a motorbike for his lad’s sixteenth birthday—like your headmaster.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing chap
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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