gent

Example Sentences

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Hill was another gent from an age when drivers risked everything in cars for which safety features were a virtually non-existent consideration.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

A well-educated cosmopolitan gent whose inherited family riches were expanded under his watch, a man who understood the economy and helped people manage their money, which was how he made money of his own.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023

Hiking ancient Roman roads, we encountered a friendly gent.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Only in the last verse does the listener learn that it wasn’t a woman who left the now crazed gent, but a dog.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

“Never used no key nor nothink. The old gent, he opened the door ’isself an’ shut it again when I druv off.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker