swashbuckling

Example Sentences

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Film director Quentin Tarantino is coming to London's West End to stage a "swashbuckling comedy" play set in 1830s Europe.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The actor recently reprised his iconic role as a swashbuckling archaeologist in the 2023 sequel “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

England survived a scare to qualify for the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup on Monday as Italy's swashbuckling chase of 203 fell agonisingly short in a pulsating match in Kolkata.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

They kicked off a rapid round of dealmaking that positioned some of the West’s most swashbuckling companies to profit from the reopening of Venezuela’s oil market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

It was not lawful in these matches to foin—that is, to make a thrust of the paint Finally there was swashbuckling.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White