Sentence examples for tony from inspiring English sources

The word "tony" is correct in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is stylish, elegant, or fashionable, often in a somewhat pretentious way.
Example: "The restaurant was known for its tony atmosphere, attracting a wealthy clientele."
Alternatives: "Chic" or "Posh."

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tony

noun

A simpleton.

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Its Tony success is a stark contrast to its showing in the Olivier awards where it secured just a single nomination for best revival.

Mantle was a winner.

If selected, Wood faces a New Zealand side fresh from a thrilling World Cup campaign under their captain, Brendon McCullum, in which their players walked out on to the pitch exhibiting the confidence of Tony Montana in the final scene of the film Scarface.

How much can we believe of scenes involving Tony and Cherie, Tony and Bill, Bill and Hillary, or even Tony and Alastair, when no one else was there?

"This is my first time at something like this," said McTeer, who won a Tony last year for her Broadway performance in A Doll's House.

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Three years later and the film, shot in Banwen, Wales, and London, and directed by Tony-winning Matthew Warchus (responsible for Matilda the Musical, and soon to be artistic director of the Old Vic), is finished.

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, said the government was "carefully studying" the judgment to determine an appropriate response, but he strongly signalled his determination to find a way to ensure the chaplaincy program continued.

Her government's tacit support for Saddam Hussein's war against Iran led to successive Gulf wars and John Major's studied neutrality in Bosnia – which later pushed Tony Blair in the opposite direction, towards costly interventionism that overstretched MoD resources.

The newly elected police commissioner, Labour's Tony Lloyd, would go, replaced by the mayor.

Tony Abbott is holding firm against calls to send Australian medical experts to west Africa to help contain the Ebola virus, saying that other countries have yet to give firm commitments to assist in evacuations.

"Kennedy had no great understanding of the impatience of African Americans or the intransigence of white southerners, while Johnson – from Texas – understood both," says Tony Badger, professor of American history at Cambridge.

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