1
: marked by vigorous action : spirited
a dashing young horse
2
: marked by smartness especially in dress and manners
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Pair these sandwiches with your most dashing summer cocktails and let the party begin.
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Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023
Dressed in a man’s dapper suit, Kim Morgan Dean plays Hastings with plucky earnestness and dashing style.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
Instead, he’s played by Emmy Award winner Peter Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, at his most dashing and heroic, spinning swords and swinging onto stages.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2021
LAWs are not the dashing and glamorous surface combatants from the Navy’s stockpile of great sea stories.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
With Ariya, Nissan seems determined to erase memories of Leaf with its more dashing Ariya sibling.
—cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
Over the years, her co-stars also included Europe’s most dashing male stars of the era, among them Louis Jourdan, Fernando Rey, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Alec Guinness.
—Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
However, the cracks start to show in their relationship when Josh's ex Chloe (Anna Faris) turns up, and Nat meets a dashing man at work.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
The dashing and talented Seth Mnookin—author of the upcoming smash hit The Panic Virus—is holding a contest surrounding my new book!
—Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2011
Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023
Dressed in a man’s dapper suit, Kim Morgan Dean plays Hastings with plucky earnestness and dashing style.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
Instead, he’s played by Emmy Award winner Peter Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, at his most dashing and heroic, spinning swords and swinging onto stages.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2021
LAWs are not the dashing and glamorous surface combatants from the Navy’s stockpile of great sea stories.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
With Ariya, Nissan seems determined to erase memories of Leaf with its more dashing Ariya sibling.
—cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
Over the years, her co-stars also included Europe’s most dashing male stars of the era, among them Louis Jourdan, Fernando Rey, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Alec Guinness.
—Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
However, the cracks start to show in their relationship when Josh's ex Chloe (Anna Faris) turns up, and Nat meets a dashing man at work.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
The dashing and talented Seth Mnookin—author of the upcoming smash hit The Panic Virus—is holding a contest surrounding my new book!
—Sheril Kirshenbaum, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2011
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“Dashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dashing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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