libertine

Example Sentences

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As a native New Yorker, Lauren would have seen California’s well-manicured image of libertine paradise often.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

They are the fictional forbears of Anna Delvey and every other libertine upper-class grifter one can conceive of.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2022

While Mr. O’Rourke cultivated a persona as a hot-tempered libertine, “he was a deeply kind and generous man who pretended to be a curmudgeon for public consumption,” “Wait Wait” host Peter Sagal wrote on Twitter.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

In “Falstaff” the tricking and trapping of the libertine knight is masterminded by Alice Ford, one of the merry wives of Windsor — sung in Florence with lovely vivacity by the soprano Ailyn Pérez.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald