Sentence examples for businesslike man from inspiring English sources

Soon he materialized -- a compact, businesslike man who, walking us over to the main house, barraged us with personal questions.

Levey is a small, taciturn, businesslike man who puts Al's elastic, always-on persona in stark relief. .

Jay is a small, taciturn, businesslike man who puts Al's elastic, always-on persona in stark relief. .

In this way, they are a lot like environmentalists, up against the inimical forces and inevitably beaten down by smug, businesslike men wearing pinstriped suits.

Van Lohuizen is a figure of more businesslike mien, a man whose reaction to disappointment would not, one feels, include lying on the floor.

Then a businesslike young P.R. man arrived and presented them with their schedules for the next two days.

But halfway through it finds a black sense of humour, and becomes a crackling Faustian comedy which features Joseph Mawle as a cockney Satan and Eddie Marsan as his businesslike right-hand man.

It sounded businesslike, and the man standing on the porch reinforced that impression; his gray slacks, blue blazer, and brightly patterned silk tie displayed an abundance of taste and style.

(Arabella really was kind of right when she told Sue to marry Jude because "[l]ife with a man is more businesslike after it").

The two men looked serious, focused, businesslike.

The men creating the scenes look businesslike in their work, in shirts and ties like Ward Cleaver on a weekend.