How to Use dapper in a Sentence

dapper

adjective

• The students all looked very dapper in their uniforms.
• The front door opened, and a lanky, dapper man with white hair and a mustache walked in.
  — Brett Martin, Outside Online, 24 May 2018
• By the end of the night, the store had received the style stamp of approval from New York’s most dapper gents.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2018
• Nick looked dapper in a velvet suit and bowtie by her side.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Dec. 2018
• The prince wore a dapper grey suit with a white button-up, a plaid tie, and navy blue suede shoes.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2019
• Meanwhile, the groom mixed dapper and cool with a suit and white sneakers.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Jan. 2019
• Cooper, on the other hand, looked dapper in a white suit and black bow tie.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Jan. 2019
• Then one day, a dapper friend named Min comes to visit Ki-woo.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 10 Oct. 2019
• Bloom, 42, looked dapper on her arm in a navy suit, also Tom Ford.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Once again, Reynolds looked dapper as ever in sleek tux and blue bow tie to match the plumes on his wife’s gown.
  — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2018
• In his 90th year, Fred Trump still showed up at work a few days a week, ever dapper in suit and tie.
  — Susanne Craig, The Seattle Times, 2 Oct. 2018
• A dapper man who fancied himself the soul of wit shook hands with Meyzen, who had risen to greet him.
  — Alex Witchel, Vanities, 17 Aug. 2017
• Standing at the end of the bar is Barney Richardson, a dapper 78-year-old who was born a few streets away.
  — Tim Carman and Fritz Hahn, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2017
• Yamamoto, who has been off the fashion grid for some time now, was present at the show in a dapper red suit.
  — Véronique Hyland, The Cut, 15 May 2017
• Pharrell has long worn the dapper shorts-and-suit combination, as have many of the male fans of Thom Browne.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2018
• Ben looked dapper in a blue suit with a light blue shirt and yellow tie, and Erin looked gorgeous in a lime green cap-sleeve dress.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 18 June 2018
• At George, a country and sports bar in Montrose, Neil Massey wore the tuxedo and mask of a dapper vampire.
  — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
• For her, that was a dapper tuxedo, and not a formal gown—but her school had other ideas.
  — Megan Friedman, Seventeen, 9 May 2016
• But LeLand Gantt makes Pilate his own: a dapper snake of a man with patience worn thin.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
• Dapper suits with pops of color were popular in black and white.
  — Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 25 May 2017
• Since coming to Baltimore this spring, the dapper diner has indulged in some of the city’s bests.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 13 June 2018
• The guys looked dapper as always in suits, blazers and button-downs, with most of the band opting to wear bright white sneakers.
  — Gab Ginsberg, Billboard, 20 May 2018
• On one side of the model, a dapper top hat-wearing man shielded her from the rain with a very large umbrella.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 May 2018
• Atlanta doughnuts are about to get the dapper treatment.
  — Yvonne Zusel, AJC.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• A$AP on the other hand looked dapper in a midnight black jacket worn over a white T-shirt tucked into black trousers.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Teen Vogue, 26 June 2017
• Meanwhile, Harry looked dapper in his olive green coat, light grey sweater, white button-down shirt and dark pants.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2018
• Cole dyed his hair jet black and revealed his new look in a series of dapper photos on Twitter last night.
  — Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2016
• He was once featured in Cle Dog Magazine, on the cover wearing a snazzy suit and dapper red bowtie.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 24 June 2019
• Blake swapped his usual denim for a dapper three-piece black suit and tie, paired with his signature cowboy boots.
  — Emily J. Sullivan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2020
• The funeral also was sprinkled with personal memories of Conyers, a dapper dresser who loved milk and often spilled it on his shoes.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019

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