gadabout

Example Sentences

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Schoeffer is a gadabout, and he led the young couple over jebel and oued—hill and stream—in Morocco’s rugged backcountry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018

She was briefly married to the tennis pro Andre Agassi, who portrayed her in “Open,” his 2009 autobiography, as a socially ambitious gadabout to his off-the-courts homebody.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

That afternoon the strolling couple encounter David’s college friend, Andrew, a sophisticated gadabout and ladies’ man who is immediately smitten with the human tidal wave from Turkestan.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016

The queen looks serious and demure - nothing like the gadabout many took her to be.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2015

Ain't she stronger and handsomer to-day than she was the day I had the honor to bring her up from the depot in that new gadabout of mine?

From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill