How to Use tony in a Sentence
tony
adjective-
The New York native had moved to the city’s tony Brentwood section in 1963.
— Fox News, 1 May 2021 -
The deal is the latest in a string of high-end home sales in the tony Santa Barbara area over the last few months.
— Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2020 -
That's up from last year's $6.7 million home price when the tony suburb also topped the list.
— Rachel Layne, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2019 -
Music and loud voices could be heard from a home across the street in the tony neighborhood.
— Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 1 July 2018 -
At the time, the area was fields and farmland, not the tony neighborhood where palm trees and sprawling villas flank the streets.
— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023 -
Take a break from shopping, grab lunch-to-go and relax in this space along busy and tony Park Avenue.
— Anne Dunlap, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 June 2018 -
Step inside, and your appetite is piqued by a wood-burning pizza oven to the left and a tony lounge to your right.
— Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023 -
The show in the tony French Riviera city marks the start of the international boat show season.
— Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024 -
Also not to be missed is the award-winning Boragó in the tony Vitacura area on the eastern end of the city.
— Patricia Garip, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2022 -
Meet Antoine, head chef of a four-star, once-hard-to-get-into, tony French restaurant.
— Jay Steven Levin, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 -
At least four shops along the tony retail stretch have already closed and many of the 140 others have reduced their hours.
— Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2020 -
The singer has been on and off tour during the legal proceeding since he was pulled over in the tony town this summer.
— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024 -
For all the tony tastes of his background, Cha is eager both to step out on his own — and sling something simpler.
— Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2021 -
Located by Hyde Park in tony Knightsbridge, the five-star hotel will be your home base for the first three days.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 May 2023 -
The tony new tone to Tasmania doesn’t mean the island is no longer a mecca for outdoorsy types.
— Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2019 -
Now the model appears to be flipping again in the same tony neighborhood.
— Helena Madden, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2021 -
The rural area, roughly 30 miles north of the tony shops and vineyards of Calistoga, is a world away from the Bay Area.
— Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024 -
The champ signed his bout agreement against tony Ferguson.
— Mma Junkie Staff, MMA Junkie, 25 Nov. 2019 -
But without a doubt, the toniest perk was having around-the-clock butler service.
— Katie Chang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 -
Indeed, between both spaces, that color shared the spotlight with the event’s tony guest list.
— Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 -
And remember, too, that the X-Men also hail from a tony Westchester suburb.
— Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2019 -
For years, Zaslav lived in a tony village in Westchester County.
— Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Some left with just the clothing on their backs, overwhelmed by the swirling ash and heat that threatened to overtake their tony neighborhood.
— Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 -
The most Instagrammable spot in town is the façade of the tony Mayfair private club Annabel's, which is covered in top-to-bottom flowers by @theflowerbx.
— Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2019 -
The development will be located on a 5-acre plot of land in the tony city of Rancho Mirage.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2021 -
Bankers and traders spend months counting on their bonuses to pay for tony private schools and club memberships.
— Jan-Henrik Foerster, Fortune Europe, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Danes hopes to revive that formula and adapt it to tony downtown La Jolla.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022 -
Yaletown: This tony neighborhood is home to some of the nicest restaurants in the city alongside chic boutiques and luscious green space.
— Paul Feinstein, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2021 -
These extend all the way from tony South Mumbai to an office complex in midtown Mumbai to fast-growing middle-class suburban enclaves further north.
— Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 -
Point Dume Club of Malibu, which has 297 residences, will continue to operate and not be redeveloped into the kind of tony estates commonly found in Malibu, the new owner said.
— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'tony.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: