Sentence examples for gentlemen now from inspiring English sources

They're perfect gentlemen now, but of course back then they were two of the sport's most distinctive personalities: Borg, the older of the two by almost three years, steely and expressionless; McEnroe, the petulant screamer.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, now that we've had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Thigpen read his play to us, I'm sure that we're all ready to start rehearsals in earnest tomorrow.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now the smackdown," she said, and the likely new First Family of New York City engaged in a signature dance that involved licking their palms, slapping them on the floor, and jumping backward with arms raised.

Maugham probably picked up Two Gentlemen, now believed to be a scene from a play called Dr Last starring the celebrated 18th-century actor Tom King, for a song but the painting was catalogued as anonymous.

It took more than a teaspoon of imagination to remember these silver-haired gentlemen, now pushing 70, were once radical students on board a hot tin bus, clocking up thousands of kilometres as they visited towns like Walgett, Wellington and Moree.

Of course, Shea Stadium has no counterpart to Bob Sheppard, the Yankees' public address announcer for half a century, whose grave, shuddering intonations -- "Your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen, now batting for the Yankees... " -- provide the simplest, most eloquent of soundtracks for a grand tradition.

Northam, the lieutenant governor and legislator who built a reputation as an aw-shucks Southern gentleman, now says the president of the United States is dangerous and possibly mentally ill.

Mr. Gentleman now thinks that their arrival is inevitable -- the only questions being who will run the machines and whether his lenders will tide his company over while he waits to find out.

The Beat Generation's International Visionary, whose Howl in the mid-1950s was heard across astonished continents, the Hippie's Hero incarnate, the Flower Children's apostle of Bliss and mind changing substances — is a very middle aged gentleman now.

If Grace is all calm under pressure, the deeply damaged May Carleton revealed herself to be something almost as interesting: a consummate gambler whose willingness to throw her reputation under a bus ("You've told me about her like a gentleman, now kindly behave like a gangster again") may just win her the (loaded) hand.

Milansbar - or Mars Bar as I call him - is an old gentleman now who is just fantastic.