swashbuckler

Example Sentences

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He had a bit of swashbuckler in him, more like an astronaut than a desk engineer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

Welch starred as Constance Bonacieux in this 1974 swashbuckler film.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Peter Osnos, a Post foreign correspondent who later founded the publishing house PublicAffairs, said Mr. Horne was “not a newsroom swashbuckler, but someone who exuded quiet reserve, a thoughtful person on complicated stories.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

And what became of onetime swashbuckler Tom Barrack?

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2022

“There, by the left, you look a regular little swashbuckler now,” chuckled the kindly hare.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques