libertine

Example Sentences

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The slightly buffoonish libertine and eldest son of billionaire magnate Logan Roy, Connor has sidestepped the battle for power that animates his three younger half-siblings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

The autonomous German-speaking province in the Dolomite mountains borders newly locked down Austria and has long harbored a certain libertine sentiment.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

For his part, Adams viewed Jefferson as a libertine and radical whose ideas might push America into the bloody chaos that had overwhelmed France after the revolution of 1789.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

All of this led to the awkward sight of some feminists rushing to support a man who’d attained a reputation as a libertine, as even Salmond acknowledged.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2021

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald