suavity

Example Sentences

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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

A laid-back number that flirts with western swing, Buffett rhapsodizes about an outdated style of facial hair that conveys a certain classic Hollywood suavity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

“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

The Appalachian truffle has a suavity and sophistication that only a few European varieties can match.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

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