Sentence examples for slight gentleman from inspiring English sources

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Considering Ari, driving and weeping, and himself — a slight gentleman in his mid-sixties with a broken elbow who did not, after all, weigh much more than sixty kilos — the Minister of the Interior understood that the man was entirely correct.

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A slight, old gentleman with a mild, dry voice, resembling beneath his robes some relict of feudal Japan, Mr Justice Byrne could not be accused of having loaded the dice in favour of the defence.

For starters, a modern gentleman who feels slighted can demand satisfaction.

But there's a slight twist: here it's the gentleman who's seated, indeed totally laid back.

The bellowing voice tumbled down from the upper level of the theater, from an older gentleman of considerable girth, slight beard and apparently less-than-optimal hearing.

Is it possible to OD on schadenfreude??? "Ladies and Gentlemen, there's been a slight change of plan".

But if the slight is too much to bear, as a modern day gentleman, you must find other means by which to resolve the anger from a simmering feud and perhaps a modern day duel is the answer for you.

In the original cast, Julie Haydon (Laura and Anthony Rosss (the Gentleman Caller) seemed considerably older, justifying her pathos and his slight seediness.

To encounter him, as his friend E. M. Forster wrote, was to behold "a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe".

An imperious gentleman who could bang out a four-page single-spaced letter at the slightest provocation, Mayer explained in one missive why he felt that Wagner was essential.

Gentleman, gentleman.

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