Examples of foppish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Eventually, foppish men hawking ideas rather than wares would lay the same claim to the American individualist spirit: the adman as noble as the oilman, the programmer no different from the prospector. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "When the Checkpoints Come," 19 Mar. 2020 The monocle’s first two lives, as foppish accessory and evildoer’s adornment, have persisted into the present. — Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, "Monocles Were Never Cool," 13 Oct. 2019 The gesture seems to carry both a foppish sophistication and a Prussian coldness. — Austin Grossman, The Atlantic, "Monocles Were Never Cool," 13 Oct. 2019 For instance, a manly man of 18th-century France would be considered fairly foppish today. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why Being a “Real Man” Will Kill You," 29 Aug. 2019 Watching a realistic wildebeest stampede, or Uncle Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofordoes the voice, less insidiously foppish than Jeremy Irons) crush the hopes and dreams of young Simba in lifelike scene after scene — these aren’t upgrades. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "‘The Lion King’ review: I cannot feel the love tonight," 10 July 2019 Gwen Loeb is wonderfully funny as a foppish courtier and as rough-mannered country worker Audrey, with whom Touchstone strikes up a romance. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Charming SF Shakes’ ‘As You Like It’ has a secret musical weapon," 10 July 2019 San Nicolas' commitment to looking as ridiculous as possible is matched by the other actors, including Bogdewiecz as the haughty Marian and Walton as the foppish Sir Guy. — oregonlive.com, "Irreverent spirit lifts Clackamas Rep’s ‘Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood’," 1 July 2019 Onscreen, the Duke, played by Richard Roxburgh, is a bit of a foppish joke and his attempts to steal Satine are played largely for comedy. — Suzy Evans, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Moulin Rouge!' Stars Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo Go Deeper and Darker on Stage," 1 July 2019

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