gent

Example Sentences

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Recently, I hiked Griffith Park with a 100-year-old gent, Pete Teti, who is all about embracing change.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

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

“Leave that lady and home you go. Opposite the gent with a do-si-do. Jump right up and never come down. Now swing that calico round and round.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson