swashbuckler

Example Sentences

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It’s a romance, a swashbuckler, a melodrama, a relatively light-handed critique of capitalism, demagoguery and the malleability of the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

It was perhaps an odd choice for a high-fantasy swashbuckler set in ancient Persia.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Still, it was hard to stop reading a pirate swashbuckler that opens so dramatically:

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

Trump created an interesting persona who embodied both an unconventional politician and an unpredictable swashbuckler.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2022

Penelope looked around but saw only moss, trees, and some lovely specimens of the common but ruggedly attractive swashbuckler fern, with its long, swordlike fronds and thick stems that were sturdy as peg legs.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood