How to Use gentleman in a Sentence

gentleman

noun
  • He's a gentleman by birth.
  • A true gentleman would never engage in such behavior.
  • Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later — an older gentleman took a shine to the widow Matty Matlock.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • As for some of the best dressed gentleman of the night?
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Jesse is a gentleman and prefers to take the high road.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The driver, Reyes Leal, seems like the kind of gentleman whose entire life has been spent tending to greenery and eating unprocessed, homemade Mexican food.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • These are the places that the elite gentlemen of the last two centuries went to shop and get clothed.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • And one of the students who worked in his lab was a gentleman named Vint Cerf.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023
  • The fact that the gentleman was getting out of his car when the dog attacked is scary.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Ladies and gentlemen, Yang Wang has style — to go with skill, skill, skill.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 July 2023
  • So, ladies and gentlemen, hats off and stand for the passing of a genius.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Bring your list and cameras to have a nice visit with the gentleman from the North Pole.
    Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And then the gentleman comes back, talking on the phone, walking back and forth.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024
  • Hang onto your hard-hats ladies and gentleman, this is one heck of a ride.
    Marc D. Grasso, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2023
  • This gentleman is an internet troll and scourge of the earth.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
  • Would these gentlemen have welcomed two young men with the same words?
    Denise Kummer, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This gentleman in the white hat just calmly walks away.
    Richard Huff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The older the vines, the sweeter the fruit, so says a young Italian gentleman in the first trailer for the Book Club sequel.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Ladies and gentlemen—the Bronx’s very own Dion DiMucci!
    Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The gentleman behind me cleaned the conveyor belt for the cashier.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • There was only one option, and that was to let that gentleman drive back to his home.
    María Luisa Paúl, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Not to mention the gentleman’s hat in the back left is gibberish.
    Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • One is the polite gentleman with a constant smile on his face.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The gentleman that co-owns it, Dean Vaundry, is very much a supporter of the arts.
    Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Len was a fabulous Judge, a fierce friend and a true gentleman.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The flip side Big thank you to the anonymous gentleman who paid our bill on Saturday night.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Somebody like Corbin Bleu, who is such a gentleman and so fun to work with, and the press is clamoring to talk to Corbin about the show.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 July 2022
  • There was one gentleman, Smith said, who kept coming back to watch the rehearsals.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Devin is a gentleman and has always made sure to treat Kendall with respect.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
  • There once was a building on Detroit’s east side where a dignified gentleman poured into young people through lessons taught on and off the basketball court.
    Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2024

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