How to Use gent in a Sentence

gent

noun
  • So where to shop for the gent who has access to it all?
    Gary Richardson, The New Yorker, 13 June 2019
  • DJ Khaled posted a video of the stylish gents in their looks for fans to gush over.
    Dominique Hobdy, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2017
  • Just keep in mind ladies and gents, there is a camera in there.
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2014
  • Jacob Elordi and Troye Sivan are two of the stylish gents who made the cut.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Time to pick a date and invite some of our leading ladies and gents.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • This one came from a gent seeking a recipe for the Christmas dessert of his childhood.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The show, which has been in the works for a number of years, nominates one lucky gent to find a late-in-life love.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The knights, those honorable gents, always tell the truth.
    Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2018
  • No, the other replies, the lady and the white guy are a couple, and the Korean gent is their old friend.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
  • In Hollywood, a senior gent has hit the point where his rent and income are one and the same.
    Steve Lopez, latimes.com, 4 June 2017
  • These two gents are clearly at the top of both their tennis and fashion game.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 July 2023
  • Tyler, at times, sounds like an amalgam of those two older gents.
    M.t. Richards, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
  • A suave older gent, Lee Peck, was sitting by himself at the end of the bar and looking amused.
    George Gurley, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2016
  • Then Hoffman, who is not a dainty gent, falls backward off of the lift and on to the opposite side of the couch.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2022
  • To his credit, the gent manning the phone was very responsive.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The event always brings out a stylish crowd of Manhattan’s most dashing gents, on the runway and in the front row.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Another flash takes us back in time to a hallway on the Hill, where the two gents steal private glances.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 June 2023
  • Update, 7/17: Ladies and gents, the full performances are here.
    Samantha Leal, Marie Claire, 17 July 2015
  • Milliners rejoiced, the mayor spoke, and 750 fashionable ladies (and some brave gents) lunched.
    Jack Yeaton, Town & Country, 23 May 2017
  • With their uniquely ’70s flair and blazing sideburns, the gents rocked the room all night with their covers of classic jams.
    Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2018
  • Lemaire’s gents in their Pepto-pink turtlenecks and pleated pants...
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2018
  • How will that affect the sprezzatura of Italy’s most dapper gents?
    Gianluca Senese, Vogue, 11 June 2019
  • Think: Belle Epoque-looks (and a few sharp gents) in dazzlingly beautiful lace gowns and three-pieces suits.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Two bearded gents pull up stools and contemplate the cocktail list.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Tom was a tender southern gent in life, a poet and a music master on stage.
    Eric Renner Brown, PEOPLE.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • For gents who seek old-school style—terribly in vogue at the moment—a trip to Hamilton Shirts is required.
    Rob Brinkley, ELLE Decor, 1 Nov. 2010
  • Aside from inquisitive looks, Underwood was able to get some dudes to high five and one gent to do a jig.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Credit for the craft’s most current revival is due to a Belgian gent named Raf Simons.
    Vogue, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Here’s what Burns had to say about his hometown (Las Vegas), the most overrated cocktail of all time, and tips for ladies and gents on dates.
    Clayton Sealey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024

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