DANDY in a Sentence
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23 example sentences for DANDY, such as:
1. That's certainly a dandy fence.
2. Gosh, these cigarettes are dandy.
3. Then we'll have a dandy long trip.
4. This dandy was smoking, for he was decidedly fashionable.
5. The dandy took advantage of the incident to make his escape.
2. Gosh, these cigarettes are dandy.
3. Then we'll have a dandy long trip.
4. This dandy was smoking, for he was decidedly fashionable.
5. The dandy took advantage of the incident to make his escape.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DANDY
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dandy
n. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
n. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 And Axel Egge's, like home, lots of Swedes and Norskes in there, and a card of dandy buttons, like rubies.
2 Gosh, these cigarettes are dandy.
3 Myrtle Cass was saying you got up a dramatic club and gave a dandy play.
4 Then we'll have a dandy long trip.
5 That's certainly a dandy fence.
6 Now when a country dandy like this takes it into his head to make a distinguished reputation, and joins the great whale-fishery, you should see the comical things he does upon reaching the seaport.
7 The provincial dandy wore the longest of spurs and the fiercest of mustaches.
8 This dandy was smoking, for he was decidedly fashionable.
9 The dandy took advantage of the incident to make his escape.
10 Another opportunity of laying hands on that "devil's dandy" must be waited for.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
11 One of his guns was swung over his shoulder, Gaetano had the other, and a sailor held his rifle; his dress, half artist, half dandy, did not excite any suspicion, and, consequently, no disquietude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
12 The count appeared, dressed with the greatest simplicity, but the most fastidious dandy could have found nothing to cavil at in his toilet.
13 I thought you'd got over the dandy period, but every now and then it breaks out in a new spot.
14 You are not a dandy, thank Heaven, so I'm glad to see there are no diamonds or big seal rings on it, only the little old one Jo gave you so long ago.
15 In short, it was a costume worthy of a Lord Chamberlain or the species of dandy who shrinks from swearing in the Russian language, but amply relieves his feelings in the language of France.
Example Sentence:
1 It was Susan Sontag, who said that being a dandy was a way of being an individual in an age of mass culture.
2 You could not now traverse the gallery, once so hushed, nor enter the front chambers, once so tenantless, without encountering a smart lady's-maid or a dandy valet.