foppish
Example Sentences
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As a boy, I must have intuited that what was foppish about Lynde, Reilly and Taylor coursed through me, too, even without the words to explain why.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024
Freeman makes the most of the Lion’s scene-stealing silliness, reveling in the skittish big cat’s foppish hamminess.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Voisin, who has the mother-of-pearl skin that Balzac writes about, is perfectly cast as the naïve young poet who generates pity when he is foppish and humiliated at the theater.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022
They’ve also made a celebrity of his foppish head of hair, a cross between a traditional mullet and ’80’s hair band singer.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022
Men began to wear their handkerchiefs in their sleeves and some foppish lieutenants carried swagger sticks.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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