suavity
Example Sentences
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Even then, I understood that the sedulous life and inclination of the archaeologist were ill-suited to movie-spy suavity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Those dudes are trying to play the sinister “ugly American” roles, although with a singular lack of suavity and not much success.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025
“Parmi veder le lagrime” oozed with self-regarding longing, and “La donna è mobile” had the suavity of someone who doesn’t need to showboat.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Muriel’s purported evasions provide Parker with a juicy platform for splendidly exuberant coyness, and Jesse’s clumsy attempts at amorous suavity allow Broderick to demonstrate the comedic subtlety for which he’s not always sufficiently recognized.
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022
I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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