How to Use gentleman in a Sentence

gentleman

noun
  • He's a gentleman by birth.
  • A true gentleman would never engage in such behavior.
  • That was not the first time the gentleman had done that.
    — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Would both of you gentlemen vote for that?
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Would both of you gentlemen, vote for that?
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Of course, there were some who did, but most of them were gentlemen.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • And yes, many gentleman’s clubs have a great menu, trust me.
    — Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Golf has been a gentleman’s sport.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Any time would be a good time to put those two gentlemen on film and in the show.
    — Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Gary was a true gentleman and the voice of reason for so many.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Sounds like a gentleman’s club.
    — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 16 May 2026
  • And there was one other gentleman, this was so cute.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 13 June 2026
  • Would these gentlemen have welcomed two young men with the same words?
    — Denise Kummer, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Hang onto your hard-hats ladies and gentleman, this is one heck of a ride.
    — Marc D. Grasso, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2023
  • And then there’s the gentleman with the hearing aids.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Nick himself is a frothy, feel-good gentleman.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 1 May 2026
  • Norm was the type of man who brought joy into the lives of all who knew him, a true gentleman.
    — courant.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • These are the places that the elite gentlemen of the last two centuries went to shop and get clothed.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • One is the polite gentleman with a constant smile on his face.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2023
  • And this gentleman has told me this office is like a fishbowl.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Oh, so much farther, ladies and gentlemen.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • So, ladies and gentlemen, hats off and stand for the passing of a genius.
    — Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 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
  • This gentleman is an internet troll and scourge of the earth.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
  • Jeff Shi of Wolves, ladies and gentlemen.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • There was a gentleman that was being restrained and kind of fought with to get on the ground.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • And one of the gentlemen just looked at the petition and wouldn't even look me in the eye.
    — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That is not what the evidence shows you, ladies and gentlemen.
    — Cincinnati.com, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The gentleman with the big mustache and the turquoise knapsack walks by and looks at you again.
    — Emma Rathbone, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2021

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