dashing
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As the "wicker husband", he emerges as a strapping, dashing life-size piece of furniture.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Daily Telegraph also features a picture of Daisy Edgar-Jones described as "dashing Miss Daisy", during the premiere for her new film adaption of a Jane Austen classic.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Pearce, known for his role as a dashing detective in "L.A. Confidential" and lately in "The Brutalist", was cast by Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle to play Murdoch in his upcoming film, "Ink".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Add orange-rimmed eyes with jet-black pupils set against white cheeks, a dashing black under-eye line and a radiant round orange bill hinge, and the puffin looks like something invented by a talented circus makeup artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Family reunions...Aren't they beautiful? Your dashing friend Daoud isn't lurking about, is he?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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