man-of-the-world

Tall, dark, and handsome, Harold was every inch a man-of-the-world.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

Inside every guy is a cool, suave, man-of-the-world, a veritable James Bond of a man.

Sexy Voice and Robo MMF guest review: Erica Friedman 2010

Brother Cadfael himself is a fascinating character, a former man-of-the-world who became a monk in his forties and has been tending the monastery gardens for the past 16 years.

Archive 2008-10-01 adamosf 2008

In Washington nothing lasts; and one should, like a man-of-the-world, bid good-night before the other guests are gone and the hosts are tired.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

In Washington nothing lasts; and one should, like a man-of-the-world, bid good-night before the other guests are gone and the hosts are tired.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

As soon as he met with opposition his power of repartee seemed to desert him and Whistler, using mere rudeness and man-of-the-world sharpness, held the field.

Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

A heartless man-of-the-world tone was what the juncture required.

Under the Greenwood Tree 2006

He was, no doubt, as profoundly affected as Melmount by the Change, but his tricks of civility and irony and acceptable humor had survived the Change, and he expressed his altered attitude, his expanded emotions, in a quaint modification of the old-time man-of-the-world style, with excessive moderation, with a trained horror of the enthusiasm that swayed him.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

His man-of-the-world philosophy is as old as the Proverbs of Solomon, but will always be fresh and true, and enjoyable at any age, thanks to his pithy expression, his unfailing common sense, his sparkling wit and charming humor.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

When he saw his reflection in the glass, he did not even recognize himself; he took himself for some one else, for a man-of-the-world, and was really satisfied with his general appearance.

Bel Ami 2003