1
: marked by vigorous action : spirited
a dashing young horse
2
: marked by smartness especially in dress and manners
Examples of dashing in a Sentence
She married a dashing young lawyer from the city.
a brave and dashing soldier
The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.
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Beneath the Bayonne Bridge, on the banks of the Kill Van Kull in New Jersey, a dashing French financier intends to build one of the largest film studios in the Northeast.
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Andrew Rice, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Passing the baton of support from Fiyero to Fiyero — the dashing but complicated prince character in the film and Broadway show — Bailey added Irwin to the lineage that also includes Tony Award-winning Aaron Tveit, Taye Diggs and Adam Lambert.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
However, Kleeman and Callie were keen on Pierce Brosnan, a dashing young Irish actor who had auditioned for the part alongside Dalton during the franchise’s last transition.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Heathcliff was not a dashing hero.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Rice, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Passing the baton of support from Fiyero to Fiyero — the dashing but complicated prince character in the film and Broadway show — Bailey added Irwin to the lineage that also includes Tony Award-winning Aaron Tveit, Taye Diggs and Adam Lambert.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
However, Kleeman and Callie were keen on Pierce Brosnan, a dashing young Irish actor who had auditioned for the part alongside Dalton during the franchise’s last transition.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Heathcliff was not a dashing hero.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dashing
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“Dashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dashing. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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