dandy

Example Sentences

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The dandy existed to be seen, unless he was dodging his creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

The dandy, it turns out, is a local teenage fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who just happened to be at a real crime scene.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

You may be a dandy dealmaker and a nifty negotiator, but you’ve got a bargaining habit that you should really curb.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela