Sentence examples for gentlemen off from inspiring English sources

Uttering the immortal words "Heren vertrekt!" (Gentlemen, off you go!) the 37 riders of the first Tour of Flanders set off to cover the 324km on the poorly surfaced cobbled roads that came to characterise the race.

"As he exited the car, the gentlemen took off running.

I've been known to let phrases like "Thank you gentlemen" dance off my tongue before to thank a couple men who I knew well.

He added, "Apparently, the gentleman stepped off into traffic".

Of a certain general, Hawthorne observes, "He is a small, thin old gentleman, set off by a large pair of brilliant epaulets".

It is Lily who will have to defend the home and family when a really nasty old gentleman gets off the train; Lily who will have to make the choice to understand and love.

As fierce as he was on the ice, Mr. Palazzo was a gentleman off it, Dr. Linhart said.

Polamalu, Southern California's two-time all-American safety, follows Samoan tradition: he is a soft-spoken gentleman off the football field and hits with the impact of a two-by-four on it.

"But just as the basketball player Julius Irving was a gentleman off the court" who went for the jugular during games, "they compete fiercely.

The upscale Limited, which no longer wears the wads of cladding that distinguished it visually from lesser versions, is a gentleman's off-roader — something you'd use to inspect your herd on the South 40.

Wabash students are expected to act as gentlemen on and off campus at all times.