How to Use tony in a Sentence

tony

adjective
  • The champ signed his bout agreement against tony Ferguson.
    Mma Junkie Staff, MMA Junkie, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Smith’s tony lakefront ward is ground zero for vacation rentals.
    John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Other times, a run-down home in a tony town may be razed entirely in favor of new construction.
    Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Only with Newsom’s order have the tonier private schools been given the directive to join suit.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The valley has no fancy restaurants or tony hotels — just the Jimtown Store, a cafe and country store that serves as the de facto gathering place.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Politico reported earlier this month that the fundraiser would be held in Atherton, the tony town that’s home to the second-wealthiest zip code in the country.
    Casey Tolan, The Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2019
  • The rumor flew through local real estate circles late last week: Someone had agreed to buy a condo in Portland’s toniest downtown neighborhoods for a record-breaking price.
    oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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

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