debonair

Example Sentences

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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“It was a very debonair thing to do.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

This lack of social synchrony can land even the most debonair droid in the “uncanny valley.”

From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2024

This feels like the year the academy overlooked DiCaprio for playing the debonair, depraved plantation owner in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

It is even difficult to imagine a boy who would do it, unless you realize from the start that Lancelot was not romantic and debonair.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White