How to Use gentleman in a Sentence

gentleman

noun
  • He's a gentleman by birth.
  • A true gentleman would never engage in such behavior.
  • Jesse is a gentleman and prefers to take the high road.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And one of the students who worked in his lab was a gentleman named Vint Cerf.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023
  • The fact that the gentleman was getting out of his car when the dog attacked is scary.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Ladies and gentlemen, Yang Wang has style — to go with skill, skill, skill.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 July 2023
  • So, ladies and gentlemen, hats off and stand for the passing of a genius.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Hang onto your hard-hats ladies and gentleman, this is one heck of a ride.
    Marc D. Grasso, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2023
  • This gentleman is an internet troll and scourge of the earth.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
  • Would these gentlemen have welcomed two young men with the same words?
    Denise Kummer, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • This gentleman in the white hat just calmly walks away.
    Richard Huff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The older the vines, the sweeter the fruit, so says a young Italian gentleman in the first trailer for the Book Club sequel.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There was only one option, and that was to let that gentleman drive back to his home.
    María Luisa Paúl, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Not to mention the gentleman’s hat in the back left is gibberish.
    Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • One is the polite gentleman with a constant smile on his face.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Len was a fabulous Judge, a fierce friend and a true gentleman.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The flip side Big thank you to the anonymous gentleman who paid our bill on Saturday night.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • His silhouette is that of a classic Italian gentleman, with just the faintest hint of rake in him.
    Jon Caramanica, Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But to those who were close to him, Logan was known as a man of great faith, a legend and the embodiment of a gentleman.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • As the show got started, any illusion of a gentleman’s club fell away.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But luckily my horse was valiant and my guide a gentleman.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This from a third gentleman, who had just appeared at Baker’s side.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023
  • By this point the honorable gentlemen had risen abruptly from their seats and had to be gaveled back into them.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • What about the other two gentlemen on the subway who were helping him [restrain Neely]?
    Emily Robertson, Fox News, 14 May 2023
  • Even in a city full of A-listers, the vice president and the second gentleman — and the traffic jams that follow them — are hard to escape.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Well, ladies and gentlemen, draw your billfolds; Cadillac's new Seville is here.
    William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
  • There were originally two parlors that would have been called the ladies and the gentlemen’s parlors.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • The gentleman was becoming more and more agitated as the moments passed, and was not giving up the mic.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Miller was 'epitome of a gentleman' on first date Amy Miller said religion loomed large in her teenage years.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • So with no further ado, ladies, gentlemen and others, please stand to your feet and welcome Ms. Oprah Winfrey.
    Essence, 12 Dec. 2023

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