| 单词 | gentleman |
| 例句 | “I think I am not wrong in saying that this pure gentleman has given both of us a fall or two?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel paused, then yelled, “Sold to this gentleman for six hundred dollars.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The gentleman was stoop shouldered and one of the ladies was fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour was the first to leave , followed soon after by the gentlemen in the library. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I heard the school superintendent, who had told me to come, yell, "Bring up the shines, gentlemen! Bring up the little shines!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beethoven’s Fifth, if you please. Do you see what a magnificent magician I am, ladies and gentlemen? I just made a pianist appear out of thin air!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Not far off, Betsy had drawn a crowd with Petunia, now balancing a gentleman's hat on his nose. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Stop that, or I’ll open the door and make you!” called out the young gentleman in a threatening tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I see it time and again with the gentlemen who come through here on business. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He babbled a charming hero-worship, one gentleman to another. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Being a country parson was an honorable profession for a British gentleman, and one that left a good amount of time for pursuing other activities, such as collecting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s preposterous,” said the gentleman in the bow tie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Then his wife had said to him, “Hush now, that’s not the sort of thing to be telling the gentleman.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It was rather like being the son of a modem gentleman who has made his money out of trade, for your father started you on the bottom rung even then, in your education of manners. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was allowed to have an interview with a gentleman named Dr. Holden Remile, whose job I think was to discourage people such as myself from asking for interviews with people such as himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “True, you’re not. There’s not a place on earth you could qualify as a gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Thank you, my dear friends, for your spontaneous welcome to these gentlemen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As I recall, I was rung for late one night - it was past midnight - to the drawing room where his lordship had been entertaining three gentlemen since dinner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “But don’t be long, I may need you to help with the gentlemen here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The housekeeper came forward, and told them it was a picture of a young gentleman, the son of her late master’s steward, who had been brought up by him at his own expense. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “This gentleman insists that he is here for your meeting.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “An honest man, gentlemen. Simple tastes. Lays his cards on the table. I like that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z So why not entertain her, be a gentleman, or whatever it is she thinks you are—What does she think you are? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, Silvers and Reds, welcome to First Friday, the Feat of August.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z The ladies giggle and the gentlemen chuckle at his outlandishness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I felt in my bones that the gentleman himself must remind me about this box,” she later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “A great old gentleman from all I hear,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say, he was too much of a gentleman to do this, and there were times when we went without that cup of coffee or that glass of water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I would like to welcome you, gentlemen, to the best squadron ever assembled. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In his confession, Smith said, “I didn’t want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered a bald gentleman dressed in linen and with his collar closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She told me she had only one other roomer, a quiet gentleman who worked nights and whom I should probably never see. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I should politely ask the colonel to fulfill his promise, as a gentleman would. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The “visit of important gentleman’s wife” was probably an “invitation to the Japanese Navy to bomb the harbor.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “And yet,” he said, leaning toward me and leering, “when Adam plowed the earth and Eve spun, who then was the gentleman?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I had just finished serving a glass to a gentleman when a voice behind me said: 'Ah, Stevens, you're interested in fish, you say.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Look here, gentlemen, sweets offered by the sweetest filly in the Commonwealth. What will you have?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of older gentlemen in matching white suits shuffled onto a stage at the far end of the club. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Neylan stood by as Lawrence weaved his spell over this sophisticated gentleman, who had socialized with governors and presidents. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then two of the new settlers, both gentlemen, tell him how much they want to help make peace with the Powhatans. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Couldn't make you out for a while, see, 'cause you talk almost like a gentleman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z This time when I entered the Archives, there was a young gentleman sitting behind the desk, tapping a pen on a piece of paper that bore the marks of much rewriting and crossing out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The pale young gentleman’s nose had stained my trousers, and I tried to wash out that evidence of my guilt in the dead of night. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then, knowing that the step of the bus would be too high for him, Stuart seized hold of the cuff of a gentleman’s pants and was swung aboard without any trouble or inconvenience whatever. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weston was disengaged and Emma began again—“Mr. Frank Churchill writes one of the best gentleman’s hands I ever saw.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I’m gonna need you gentlemen to be a little more specific.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He is the epitome of southern gentleman in his creased khakis, plaid pearl-snap shirt, and brown boots. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Captain Newport gathers the other ship captains and high-ranking gentlemen on the Susan Constant and opens the box. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I was by this point well on top of the situation, but the gentlemen went on laughing covertly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Noah, please go wash up. There’s a gentleman waiting in the living room to speak with you.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You’re talking about the gentleman who did the interview about the King Lords?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A little bell rang as she did so, and a gentleman who was seated on a high stool behind a slanting desktop looked up at her over his spectacles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z On studying the young gentleman closely, one could, as it were, appreciate the difficulty experienced by his lordship - and indeed, by the young gentleman's father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a difference between a gentleman and a guy with no play.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t even bother to sit, gentlemen,” he said. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Clarke, I was just going to ask you to send that boy Jasper up, so he could demonstrate to these young gentlemen the correct technique for getting their trousers on.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Mrs. March would not hear of the old gentleman’s undertaking the long journey, yet an expression of relief was visible when he spoke of it, for anxiety ill fits one for traveling. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When I entered the drawing room on this last occasion, however, all the gentlemen stopped talking and looked at me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z And to the gentlemen, for that matter — such is the way of bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile an old gentleman had begun to struggle shakily out of the ruins of the first hansom. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “We’re trying to learn how to build a rocket, gentlemen. This isn’t for fun.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Old Mr. Rivers, she said, was a plain man enough, but a gentleman, and of as ancient a family as could be found. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Handing over the key, Maddie explained that she had had a renter there for more than ten years, a single gentleman who had died without any relatives. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “That was a drippy lady, for sure. But that ain’t what it means. It means lots of fancy parties and lots of the young gentlemen coming around. It means having lots of beaux.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Private Williams. Strike the gentleman like he was Williams.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z These were not only Britons and Germans, but also Belgians, French, Italians, Swiss; they were diplomats and political persons of high rank; distinguished clergymen; retired military gentlemen; writers and thinkers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z We went on our way upstairs after this episode; and, as we were going up, we met a gentleman groping his way down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Surely there is some gentleman at court whom you could favor.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Only time will tell, ladies and gentlemen, only time will tell. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Their limp fins were pumped by the gentleman and then by the lacy lady. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “No, the Lady Seymour wants to see you. And the master just arrived with gentlemen friends all calling for food and drink. Hurry!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z However, if I may, there is a most distinguished gentleman downstairs in need of your attention.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Of Richmond, gentlemen,” said Drummle, putting me out of the question, “and a peerless beauty.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the estimation of our enemy, there is no greater indignity, no sharper shame, for a white gentleman than to be thus twinned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The old gentleman gave her an angry look as he went past. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The hall opened up into a large room, where gentlemen sat smoking at lounges and seats. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "It's about a gentleman thief who helps honest men ruined by swindlers." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Kay had evidently been doing his dictation well and the old gentleman was in a good humour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just the nicest gentleman and very well to do. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The gruff voice was gruffer than ever, as the old gentleman said abruptly, after the dreadful pause, “So you’re not afraid of me, hey?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, ladies and gentlemen, the elevator hardly ever breaks.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Unlike Darwin—gentleman biologist, and soon to be England’s most lauded natural historian—Wallace had been born to a middle-class family in Monmouthshire. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen of the Congo,” he said, “who have fought for the independence won today, I salute you!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The ladies, since the gentlemen entered, have become lively as larks; conversation waxes brisk and merry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It came to a rest by the group of gentlemen nearby who were watching us with appalled expressions. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her husband, no longer a stooped old man but a handsome young gentleman, walked toward her wearing a dapper suit and holding a single pale pink rose. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby--one gentleman to whom I telephoned implied that he had got what he deserved. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Our Chief Powhatan is much better than your king,” Namontack says, speaking in Algonquian so that the gentlemen will not hear his assessment of our exalted king. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “This other gentleman,” observed Joe, by way of introducing Mr. Wopsle, “is a gentleman that you would like to hear give it out. Our clerk at church.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At dinner, an odd atmosphere seemed to hang in the air between the two gentlemen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts and — most particularly — guests,” said Dumbledore, beaming around at the foreign students. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Join me then, please, ladies and gentlemen, in raising your glasses to Lord Darlington.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “La, no Miss, but he’s had a scene with Mr. Laurie, who is in one of his tantrums about something, which vexes the old gentleman, so I dursn’t go nigh him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “The next race is about to begin, gentlemen,” Mr. Whitby guffawed, punctuating the statement with a jab of his cigar, in a flourish as enthusiastic as an orchestra conductor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On the sixth Sunday the gentleman appeared with a yellow rose in his hand. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Dear boy,” he answered, “I’m quite content to take my chance. I’ve seen my boy, and he can be a gentleman without me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The Princess spoke to her in her own language, telling her to open the valises and help the gentlemen in their search. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentlemen are liable to retire to the smoking room at any moment.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The bundle was large and contained everything that Dr. Trefusis and I would need to establish him as a gentleman and me as his servant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z All you decent, well-meaning gentlemen, let me ask you, have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In barely a decade membership grew to four hundred–still all gentlemen, of course–and the Geological was threatening to eclipse the Royal as the premier scientific society in the country. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Want any more?” asked the old gentleman, looking grim and vexed, but trying not to show it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Her son Charles and a group of well-dressed ladies and one gentleman in a bow tie pushed their way forward with her. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps Johnny’s tyranny during the week had irritated the old gentleman—who never believed it made the least difference to anyone when anything was finished. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, how about stepping back and letting this gentleman wash his hands?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I have seen how these gentlemen wield their power when they are insulted. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Plug was quite the gentleman as we picked our way around patches of mucky gumbo the next morning. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It recounts splendid imaginary amorous adventures of a perfect English gentleman in an intensely romantic land, the scenery of which is very well described. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the lobby, an elderly gentleman played Gershwin on a grand piano at four each afternoon. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In a heterosexual relationship, it’s pretty clear who’s expected to be the gentleman....It’s the gentleman. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Say, gentlemen, this business is getting on my nerves. Murder and the snow and all, and nothing doing. Just hanging about and killing time. I’d like to get busy after someone or something.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The collective appearance of the gentlemen, like that of the ladies, is very imposing: they are all costumed in black; most of them are tall, some young. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z This must have come as a shock to the Virginia gentleman. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on the gentleman had a band of musicians play beside the window of Remedios the Beauty, sometimes until dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He felt down and found it: a card of the sort ladies and gentlemen had with their names printed on them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I think it is safe to say they acted like gentlemen murderers in that way. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Gentlemen," he said, "we almost forgot an important part of the program. A most serious part, gentlemen. This boy was brought here to deliver a speech which he made at his graduation yesterday . . ." "Bravo!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did the light-fingered gentleman ransack the cellars?” the other repeated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “But I’m proven wrong, aren’t I? Thousands of pounds are being wasted and so I owe my friend, Captain Farrar, a penny. A gentleman always pays his debts promptly, be they large or small.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a gentleman doing his job and I bore him no malice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I journeyed with John Carter, gentleman adventurer from Virginia, to “Bar- soom,” as Mars was known to its inhabitants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I run a publishing company, gentlemen. We deal with hundreds of books. Thousands. You’ll have to be more specific than that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The gentleman who was shown in was still fairly young - perhaps around forty or so - tall and thin; tall enough, in fact, that he was obliged to stoop to enter the doorway of the cottage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “What do these gentlemen need to see you for?” she asked with artificial formality. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My mom had explained to him that the concert was going to raise money for his treatment, that he should thank people for coming, that he should behave himself like a gentleman, blah blah blah. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, open as the sunrise, cut from the same pattern as Lee: old family, Virginia gentleman, man of honor, man of duty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To this, Dr. Trefusis added, “He speaks Latin and Greek as he were a gentleman of antiquity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "The gentleman wishes a demonstration of your skill." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Tibbs,’ the Queen said, showing true regal hospitality, ‘fetch the gentleman another dozen fried eggs and a dozen sausages.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was inevitable, then, that I would notice how the gentlemen, in contrast to their quiet mood at dinner, had begun to exchange words with some urgency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “And did this gentleman really send you out to invite me in?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But to come back to the matter in hand, gentlemen,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your guests from Rome are waiting. Will you receive the gentlemen in the library or shall I bring them up?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At any rate she saw a couple, a handsome, bearded gentleman with a well-dressed lady on his arm, walking toward her on the opposite side of Merrimack Street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Mr. Taphouse. Please stay outside, if you’d be good enough. But leave the door open, because these gentlemen are about to go.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "That it is," said the gentleman in the top hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And now, gentlemen of the jury, I come to my final instruction to you. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Bless me, ’ exclaimed the gentleman, not accustomed to apprentices who settled matters while their masters pondered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I approached him, and said the gentlemen were coming; he nodded: then I looked carefully round and listened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There's something else that marks you out as a gentleman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The windows were all closed, but sun streamed in, heating up the room to a slow simmer and bringing forth the ripe stink of underwashed gentlemen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I know you to be a sportsman and a gentleman, and I am looking forward to some exciting chess games with you. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In the beginning it had been a sensible, often moving affair, a coming together of soldiers and gentlemen to toast and praise a warrior departing their ranks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment you’ve all been waiting for. May I have the final decision from the judges?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You too, Ben, my pugilist son whom I have failed to raise as a gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I saw only an old gentleman who for the moment was lost. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But the reality is, ladies and gentlemen, I am being merciful. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The gentlemen took some with them, but Lockton placed the rest back in the chest. Then I was sent to fetch more wine. The chest was gone by my return.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A gentleman had just checked out to catch an early airplane. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt formal and polite from all the bowing, and he was glad that his cricket had been able to make the two Chinese gentlemen so happy. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen pitch in and work hard, but most of them just take turns standing guard, their muskets ready, with slow matches smoking. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The old gentleman liked the fun, and amused himself by sending odd bundles, mysterious messages, and funny telegrams, and his gardener, who was smitten with Hannah’s charms, actually sent a love letter to Jo’s care. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When the commissioner arrived, he informed an interpreter, “Tell these gentlemen that I am sorry that I have another appointment at this time—I am sorry I had forgotten about it until just now.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At Tours we got off and bought another bottle of wine, and when we got back in the compartment the gentleman from Montana and his wife and his son, Hubert, were sitting comfortably. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “An army of temperamentals. It isn’t an army, it’s a gentlemen’s club. My God. Remember when old Powell Hill wanted to fight me a duel, right in the middle of die war?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The day is quite cold, with a pale winter sun, and yet not a single gentleman has come to our cabin for an ember. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “You said you wanted a gentleman’s cut. That means no facial hair.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for the Appalachian Trail. This gentleman here tells me I’m trespassing.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For, of course, I was required to hurry upstairs to serve some of the most distinguished gentlemen of the land and I cannot imagine I would have delayed unduly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z While the hot dogs cooked, I followed the path from the gentlemen sign down a sharp ridge, over a dry streambed, up another ridge, and behind a boulder the size of Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z That his intentions were honorable and that he himself was certainly worthy of the doctor’s consideration as a gentleman friend for Miss Foster since, at twenty-five, he was already a colored man of property. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, saints and sinners, old and young,” the minister started. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Political or ideological disagreements, no matter how deep, lay outside the field of honor on which a gentleman could demand satisfaction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I think it would make her happy to know that here in the New World, the gentlemen don’t hold all of the power. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He nodded at me and said loudly to everyone, “I shall take leave of you fine gentlemen.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In reality there were about fifteen or twenty of them, all gentlemen in green hunting dress, with their horses; some in the saddle and some standing by their horses' heads. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “I mean the present gentleman, Mr. Edward’s father,” he explained. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “To be sure,” said Harriet, in a mortified voice, “he is not so genteel as real gentlemen.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” he says. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,” Big Two News sports anchor Skip Baldwin said in a hushed voice at 1:19 A.M. to begin the station’s live coverage. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’ve any followers—housebreakers or such like—anywhere near, you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house; we have a gentleman, and dogs, and guns.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “No. 7 berth—a second-class. The gentleman has not yet come, and it is four minutes to nine.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The man said, “Please, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, help me welcome Madame Sabbar, and perhaps she will show us her dexterity with these deadly slingshots.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Well now, aren’t you the big comical rabbit? Let me tell you, my fine gentleman bucko, you won’t be half so funny when the Scourge is done with you. No sir!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Behind the gentlemen’s barbered heads, dark mahogany planks stand at attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “So long as you treat him like a gentleman,” said Pollard, “he’ll run his heart out for you.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. Does everyone have a service project team?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I gave them a couple of minutes to lock in, then stood near the brake and hollered, “Step in, gentlemen!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here we are, in a war zone,” she said, “and he is still a gentleman. He was making sure that me and my companions were doing okay.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All of a sudden the Chinese gentleman began to squeak with excitement. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon noticing this curious coincidence, the gentlemen then gained an ambition to visit the three villages in question - in honour, as it were, of the music hall artistes. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “His valet, Monsieur, and the young American gentleman his secretary.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z "I would advise you gentlemen to get some sandwiches. All the places for the first four services were reserved at the office of the company." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Of course, sir. Except, ah, sir, the old gentleman, he’s been waiting all night to see you.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point, Mr Lewis said to the company: 'I agree with you, gentlemen, our M. Dupont can be very unpredictable. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The leader of this team of doctors was a dignified, solicitous gentleman who held one finger up directly in front of Yossarian and demanded, “How many fingers do you see?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He is a gentleman. Is it because he came here to sit with us? The man reads poems and Shakespeare. Correct Englishman.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z V snuck her way through the side entrance, past a greasy- haired young gentleman pushing an enormous barrel of flour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Across the river the great houses of great gentlemen lined the embankment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Certainly not! A gentleman’s hand is never far away from his purse.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the world of Georges Melies.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z His father, Aaron, had taken up the trade as well, building racing shells for Eton College, where gentlemen’s sons had been rowing competitively since the 1790s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I say, “And let’s welcome Strawberry Girl, ladies and gentlemen...” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Elizabeth received them with all the forbearance of civility, and, at the request of the gentlemen, remained at the instrument till her ladyship’s carriage was ready to take them all home. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The thin, weak-eyed gentleman gave him a mortgage and told him to read that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He is furious at Captain Smith, who keeps reminding the gentlemen that they have signed seven-year contracts with the Virginia Company, and they can’t quit this voyage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Then in the afternoon, an Italian gentleman arrived accompanied by a valet, a secretary, an 'expert' and two bodyguards. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A very old Chinese gentleman was sitting in a rocking chair next to the window. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z For, as Madison assured Jackson, “such things are not contemplated by any gentlemen in the congress.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I just beg you gentlemen to make it fast. While you’re holding your congress, they’re coming closer. Who will ye have?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z But Harlan had always considered himself too much a gentleman to take up arms against a little old lady. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “A certain gentleman has requested an audience with you,” he said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Where was this gentleman, and why was he important? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I can remember a tooth—how it became wiggly and fell out. Everything before that is a bit of a blur, I’m afraid,” said the older Star Child gentleman. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There is a fragile peace between the gentlemen who were willing to kill us by starvation, and us commoners who were ready to murder them in their beds. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This did not surprise me, since one could see at a glance that Herr Bremann was a gentleman of great decency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Chip Castleman. Thanks for joining us here on Politics and Power. Tonight we have the latest in the Tariq Johnson shooting investigation." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Mattie is the granddaughter of Captain William, the gentleman who has been such a help in the kitchen. I’ll fetch him now. He has been waiting for the doctor to release her.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A gentleman in baggy pants, an oversized jacket, and headphones swaggered by holding a rhinestone-studded leash attached to a pocket-sized Chihuahua. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “She was taught by a friend, sir. It was the son of our gentleman landlord.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Only in the corner where the combat had taken place could I detect any evidence of the young gentleman’s existence. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “No, Rudolph. Let me speak. It is useless to deny what this gentleman says. We had better sit down and talk the matter out.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Higher, or we shall send you to a different school to sing with the young gentlemen.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even so, Dolley returned with her mother and son to her pleasant brick home on Fourth and Walnut Streets in November and began taking in gentleman boarders to pay her bills. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Good Captain Morse is indeed a gentleman,” he said as I presented him with the coin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed on and ascended the stairs, still holding my hand, and still beckoning the gentlemen to follow him, which they did. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I don’t know yet which one of these gentlemen I’ll be matched with. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “And ladies, if you’ll kindly come this way—we have wonders and curiosities suitable for your delicate sensibilities, too. A gentleman would never forget the ladies. Especially such lovely ladies as yourselves.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I run a publishing company, gentlemen. We deal with hundreds of books. Thousands. You’ll have to be more specific than that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He takes her hand and kisses it, pretending to be a gentleman and not the thirsty player that he is. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for that, and ought to thank him for not shaking me, I suppose. What the dickens does the fellow expect?” and the old gentleman looked a trifle ashamed of his own testiness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “You may pick up your chocolates in the gym, gentlemen,” Brother Leon said, his eyes bright— wet bright. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The group of native men who have come with Captain Smith stand quietly watching as the gentlemen roll barrels of provisions up the riverbank. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “He is rich, a gentleman, and has delightful manners,” began Amy, trying to be quite cool and dignified, but feeling a little ashamed of herself, in spite of the sincerity of her intentions. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad took off his gentleman’s fedora and tapped it impatiently on his leg. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, gentlemen, for the first time ever, I guess there will be a lady joining us in this ceremony.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “If any of you are not gentleman enough to give this lady a seat,” he said, “you should be put in jail yourselves.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I likewise bobbed in the direction of the gentlemen and waited for them to draw out of earshot before speaking again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The ’tween deck is abuzz with gentlemen and commoners both, wondering what this land sighting means. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’m through! Now, Miss Jo, I’ll settle you, and get in first,” cried the young gentleman, swinging his mallet for another blow. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But the likes of us here, sir, we can go year in year out and never even lay eyes on a real gentleman - other than maybe Dr Carlisle. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Being a gentleman,” I say, “earning and giving respect. Like a knight.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Three gentlemen asked me to dance, but I declined each invitation. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A few of the gentlemen, I noticed, were drinking spirits, and one or two, despite the presence of the two ladies, had started to smoke. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she shouted through the door again: “State your business, gentlemen, or I'll be forced to do mine.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen stopped, as if obeying my call, and the lady and gentleman with her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z What I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that Mr. Evans made the mistake of selling the cigarettes he stole during the robbery. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to make these gentlemen some coffee.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you gentlemen come downriver by any chance?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I stood a while longer, watching the clouds and scolding myself for mixing in with the affairs of gentlemen and their honor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” the captain said in a low voice that was slow and a little tired, “you have five minutes to withdraw.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The salesman was saying something about the quality of the gold and diamonds, and then, “Does the gentleman wish to know the price?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z "It's the agent, not these gentlemen. He's the one; He says it's the bank, but you know he's the one. We've done business with him for over twenty years." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelly said, “I’ve known Paine since back when he and Dusty used to fish charters out of Ted’s. He was always a gentleman—your daddy, 1 mean, not Dusty.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I says to myself, ‘If I ain’t a gentleman, nor yet ain’t got no learning, I’m the owner of such. All on you owns stock and land; which on you owns a brought-up London gentleman?’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Or rather, as I didn't know Mr. Gatsby it was a mansion inhabited by a gentleman of that name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Sammy held out his elbow like a gentleman, but Hazel pushed him away playfully. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” I shout, “I would like to welcome you to my death!” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will appreciate the pain I have gone through. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentlemen didn’t ask any questions this time, just ordering coffee, and Malcolm brought them a naphtha lamp before going through to the kitchen to set the cups up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "So now, gentlemen, I want you to give him your attention." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said loudly, waving for quiet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There are ten or twelve gentlemen on board and they are leaving the twenty-five of us commoners behind to starve. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I know that none of you young ladies and gentlemen would be that irresponsible.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The old gentleman being still in a state of most estimable unconsciousness, the bridegroom cried out in his accustomed voice, “Now Aged P. you know; who giveth?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Dressed like a gentleman, with a face of older years, he wore a hood attached to a flowing cape that hung down behind his legs. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z A “gentleman’s agreement” among Durham real estate agencies to keep blacks out of predominantly white neighborhoods exacerbated housing problems. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The armed gentlemen on horseback had not returned until nearly sunrise. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The elderly gentleman who ran the cafe soon had me talking—or rather listening. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I’m not surprised,’ and then I went to sleep again, and I’m sure I should never have mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn’t dragged it out of me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five minutes till the count, gentlemen,” I called loudly. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At one stage, when I happened to depart the room in the midst of an address by one of the German gentlemen, M. Dupont suddenly rose and followed me out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I found a wig, stockings—though the gentleman of the house had taken the finest, I presume, for the Pox Party—and cravats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was listening to the same genial, slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Aye—that is because you have the right disposition. But that gentleman,” looking at Darcy, “seemed to think the country was nothing at all.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She caught the judge's arm and the grip of her athletic fingers made the old gentleman wince. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “I expect you to be a perfect gentleman.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Such wonders you have never seen, ladies and gentlemen, acts and performers gathered from the four corners of the earth to delight and entertain you, acrobats, and tumblers, and aerialists of the highest caliber.... Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Is this young gentleman one of the ’prentices or articled ones of your office?” asked the turnkey, with a grin at Mr. Wemmick’s humour. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The school’s instructors were priests from the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, an order dedicated to a seventeenth-century French cleric known for his sunniness and kindness who is sometimes called the “gentleman saint.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Shall we?” he said, and offered me his arm in the manner of a gentleman taking a lady in to dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Hearing a cautious step behind me, I glanced over my shoulder: one of the strangers—a gentleman, evidently—was advancing up the chancel. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Paine, are you up yet? There’s a gentleman from the sheriff’s department here to see you.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Tilting and horsemanship had two afternoons a week, because they were the most important branches of a gentleman’s education in those days. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I listen to the men argue about how to shoot to kill the most gentlemen at once. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They all spoke English when they talked to each other, or to the waiters, but the accents were as diverse as the gentlemen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She greeted each class with “Good day, ladies and gentlemen.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But about these boys and all this Latin and that,” added the old gentleman. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like Sal to serve you and Lady Seymour while I wait on the gentlemen?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there's a fish course that smells like something died, yet all those fine gentlemen and ladies gobble it up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Lee said in the gravely formal gentleman’s way. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he's a gentleman, a true old English gentleman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Never mind, let him take a holiday, and make it up afterward,” said the old gentleman. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to a Southern prep school that specialized in building all-round gentlemen, and by the time you graduated it was an unwritten rule that you had to have known a woman. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Pastor Dames continues, “Now, for the welcome you’re waiting for—ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I introduce to you our musical guests for the evening, Billy Eckstine and Miss Sarah Vaughan!” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Which did she choose?” asked one of the laughing gentlemen, who enjoyed the subject. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a gentleman,” she teased gently, wrapping it across her shoulders. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You two shake and be gentlemen. Come on,” he encouraged. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, Mrs. Reilly screamed to the two gentleman, “You know what? Ignatius was running the water in the tub when I left, and I bet he forgot to turn it off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not wish to displease the honorable gentleman, but I will not show what I have brought to anyone but the emissary.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z "Speak up, lad. Now you're a king's little gentleman, they learn you to talk in whispers? Come back for a visit, have you! Oh, your pa'd be proud." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Bless me, what’s all this?” cried the old lady with a rap of her cane as she glanced from the pale young gentleman to the scarlet young lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is one of you gentleman a Mr. Troy?” the man asked, reading from a small, white card. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the lady’s sensations they remained a little in doubt; but that the gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The gentlemen were chatting, telling lively funny stories. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is improper for a lady and gentleman who are not married to one another to hold a private conversation without a chaperone!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A gentleman in Osage County had once approached Agent Burger and introduced himself as an intermediary, a go-between, for Pike. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In one cage two large, middle-aged gentlemen in top-hats and striped trousers were prowling up and down, anxiously gazing through the bars as though they were waiting for something. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The gentleman who stepped off the plane was in his sixties, with a pink face. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I’d never seen the rich red velour on the loveseat and side-chairs or on what Granny called “my gentleman’s and lady’s chairs.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her old man's always a "tall attractive gentleman about 20 years of age." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Always remember that there are true gentlemen in the world,” she said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The old gentleman, who was certainly Uncle Andrew, had just succeeded in standing up and was rubbing his bruises. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Ay, sir, free enough for honest folks. Mr. Kirwin is a magistrate, and you are to give an account of the death of a gentleman who was found murdered here last night.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the shopkeepers helped the gentleman retrieve his hat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen,” started Milo timidly, “I would like to take this opportunity to say that in all the——” “That’s quite enough,” snapped the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But the old gentleman, shuffling and panting, insisted that he had been insulted, and hurried away with the monkeys screaming on his back. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Swell ladies and gentlemen that Terrance had met on his travels, as well as a newspaperman from London come to report on the American scene. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After an hour or so of drinking, these two gentlemen decided they wished to go for an afternoon drive around the local villages - a motor car around this time still being something of a novelty. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The man is very much the gentleman, pouring her some wine and asking what she’d like to eat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I had, naturally, been called to the drawing room several times already that night to replenish refreshments, and had observed on these occasions the gentlemen deep in conversation over weighty issues. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Pawnee Bill, the legendary Wild West showman and the onetime partner of Buffalo Bill, described Hale as a “high-class gentleman.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I like to pay my debts, so I know you will allow ‘the old gentleman’ to send you something which once belonged to the little grand daughter he lost. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did speak, it was in the voice of judgment, saying merely, “Quite,” or “Indeed,” or “Aye,” or “There’s reasonableness, gentlemen.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But since reports of the dreadful things being done to the Jews are getting worse by the day, Father decided to sound out these two gentlemen, and they thought it was an excellent plan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I felt that the pale young gentleman’s blood was on my head, and that the Law would avenge it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Sir Lancelot always was a brave gentleman, madam.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now even the gentlemen go around with their white, knobby knees peeking out from under their long shirttails. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He lit his white clay pipe and the old Chinese gentleman lit one too. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time he is wise enough not to utter these words where any of the gentlemen can hear him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was only one other person in his carriage, an elderly seafaring gentleman with a bleary eye. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “If you want to be a gentleman, you have to dress like one.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The gentlemen who had arrived in the boat walked toward us, talking with great excitement. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “First prize goes to—and this is a first for this high school, ladies and gentlemen—Big Creek High School, represented by Homer Hadley Hickam, Jr., for A Study of Amateur Rocketry Techniques!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His lordship had been entertaining two guests, a young lady and gentleman, in the summerhouse, and had watched my father's approach across the lawn bearing a much welcome tray of refreshments. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So much for playing the part of a gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He is a tall, somewhat skinny young fellow, married and has a child—a gentleman in every way. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked respectfully at the coffin he’d opened the night before and murmured, “Good morning, and sorry again, ladies and gentlemen. I’m only doing this because we really need to.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Indeed, once, shortly after lunch, I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway, and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “At four o’clock this afternoon, Monsieur Farival,” Robert replied, in a high voice and with a lofty air, which reminded Edna of some gentleman on the stage. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Wearing a dark evening suit and a top hat, he looked all the part of a gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That afternoon she spent a tedious hour assisting Ana in dressing for dinner, and that evening the house was full of ladies in rich satin gowns and gentlemen wearing plush velvet and shining boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly this elegant gentleman was startled out of his state of indolent contentment. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I see. You’re right, of course. But if the old gentleman dies or you ever want a new master, remember my offer. So ...’ and he turned to shake hands, ‘may we meet again.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What I mean is that we were ambitious, in a way that would have been unusual a generation before, to serve gentlemen who were, so to speak, furthering the progress of humanity. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z After a lunch of white wine and tongue-size cutlets, we would retire to the gentlemen's lounge and talk about money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “God He knows. He vanished one morning when the hounds were at Castle Bliant But. I am sure he was a gentleman.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look rather dashing in them, actually. A true gentleman.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In so many ways, the very model of the gentleman for me was an Englishman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe this calls for a toast, gentlemen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whom have we here?” asked the gentleman, stopping and looking at me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen . His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. “Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His excellent manners, educated voice, and physical poise marked him as a gentleman. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get up and walk me out! Be a gentleman,” she replied. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The stone knocked Merlyn’s hat off as clean as a whistle, and the old gentleman chased him featly down the stairs, waving his wand of lignum vitae. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not possible. He is a gentleman. Capture him, arrest him, yes, but we dare not harm him.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman slid off his stool and waited for her to continue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The seven ladies and one gentleman in a bow tie were huddled around a laptop, their horrified eyes glued to the screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They are giving me so much discomfort now, I can hardly listen to these gentlemen.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They were the only ones, therefore, who understood how the young commander of the guard had died of love and how a gentleman from a faraway land had been plunged into desperation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The prosecutor in turn said, “The gentlemen of the jury will take note.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t recommend him, observe; because I never recommend anybody. The gentleman I speak of is one Mr. Matthew Pocket.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I have never seen so many finely dressed gentlemen in one place. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The gentlemen arrived from Frankfurt, and Father was already shaking at the thought of how the talks would go. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “My dear Emma,” said he at last, with earnest kindness, “do you think you perfectly understand the degree of acquaintance between the gentleman and lady we have been speaking of?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Her speech is nothing. She is a harmless creature,” said the white-haired gentleman in a reassuring tone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And on the gentlemen’s approaching, one of the girls moved closer to her than ever, and said, in a whisper: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z No wonder Captain Smith is unafraid of these pale, weak gentlemen and their threats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Scruggs asked for a moment of silence, then announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is now dedicated.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They implored me to let them; and when I said it was Dr. Van Helsing’s wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede with the “foreign gentleman.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They say he rode his horse in top hat and tails—he was a gentleman farmer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z You see, I refrain from outlining just what this gentleman has been saying to me - about you all. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “We have a full slate today, ladies and gentlemen, so let’s keep things moving.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “For your information, I’ve been teaching Karen the art of being a lady. And I’ve taught your sons how to be gentlemen. Training they normally never receive at home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But I know these gentlemen, and I know they have no interest in being the subjects of a man they consider to be a lowly savage. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Thank you, darling. At least I’ve taught you to be a gentleman. That’s something no one will ever be able to take away from you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the gentleman?” the bartender asked in a rich, assumed voice. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr Harry Smith leaned across his wife and said to Dr Carlisle: 'I was hoping the gentleman would have a few words to say about your ideas on the Empire, Doctor.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Only in a culture of honor would it have occurred to the irascible gentleman that shooting someone was an appropriate response to a personal insult. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There was Harry: proud, tall, handsome, his collar and tie immaculate, a young gentleman in the making. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They say those gentlemen hate Captain Smith because he is a commoner who has no special respect for nobles. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “This is M. Bouc, a director of the Compagnie des Wagons Lits. This gentleman is the doctor who examined the body.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He left so quickly that one hadn’t time to meet him, but he seemed a gentleman.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the gentlemen’s appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z She wondered why Tim had called him a “gentleman” at all. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” he exclaims, “let’s—get—started!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Polly had now quite got over her fright and felt sure that the old gentleman was not mad; and there was certainly something strangely attractive about those bright rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Well, some hair. Put it this way, for an over-60 gentleman, he’s a 10 out of 10.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Lydia took away the young gentleman’s bottle in the morning when she made his bed, but was not above reselling it to him in the evening. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” the Old-Green-Grasshopper said, trying very hard to keep the fear and disappointment out of his voice, “I am afraid that we find ourselves in a rather awkward situation.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She even had latrines built in the woods, and she posted signs shaped like little hands with gentlemen and gentlewomen written on them pointing to two thin paths that led away from each other. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Stoker hands back our homework—I got a 92, on purpose—and says to the class, “Let’s go, ladies and gentlemen. Dr. Cobb doesn’t like to wait.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anything I can get you, gentlemen?” he said, conscious that his voice was shaking a little as it fell into the silent room. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “She’s not a stricken deer anyway,” said Ned, trying to be witty, and succeeding as well as very young gentlemen usually do. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman experienced some change of feeling; he drew back his chair, took a newspaper from the table, and glancing over it, said, in a colder voice: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z His house stood rather far back from the street, in the center of a delightful garden, so that it was quiet and peaceful at the old gentleman’s study window. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you shook hands on it, didn’t you? You gave him your word as a gentleman.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It is surely only a matter of time before a tray falls from his hands on to a lady or gentleman's lap. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “To make sure no gentleman decides to grab you up as his servant, I have apprenticed you to John Laydon. You will become a carpenter in your own right.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Now you gentlemen can handle this any way you want to. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My father supported him at school, and afterwards at Cambridge—most important assistance, as his own father, always poor from the extravagance of his wife, would have been unable to give him a gentleman’s education. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z As the gentlemen hurried to the tavern, his eyes traveled from my head down to my shoes and back. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just about to push open the library door with my foot when the master said, “Compliments of His Majesty, gentleman. There’s enough money here to bribe half of the rebel army.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s ’cause he’s a little gentleman, Jake,” his girl called out from behind the bush. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “This guy here is a class act, a gentleman. There’s no need for any handcuffs.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “She told us such things! She knows all about us!” and they sank breathless into the various seats the gentlemen hastened to bring them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In the mornings he seemed much engaged with business, and, in the afternoon, gentlemen from Millcote or the neighbourhood called, and sometimes stayed to dine with him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Like Lee before him, a former commander of West Point, a courteous man, military, a marvelous horseman, another gentleman. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He got away. He must have reached the Hessian garrison and informed them. As I told you gentlemen this morning, it was probably he who brought the Hessians out today, seeking some sort of revenge.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He, too, was a gentleman, despite everything else. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Well, not as such. But there are certain protocols involved ” “A gentleman’s agreement?” she asked acidicly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to seize those gentlemen by their starched collars, shake them, and shout, couldn’t they see what was happening here? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z These were simply not the kind of concerns that a gentleman of property should take seriously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her Jorge did not resemble the huge, buoyant man on the ocean, the gentleman with silent words she could not understand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From behind the counter, Hobie called out, “Any of you gentlemen want any coffee, raise your paws.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Malik is a perfect gentleman as he crosses the stage with Millie on his arm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “That’s odd. A hundred years ago the gentlemen had colored women, now the trash have them.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Dunstan touched it to the iron nail on the cottage door, checking for faerie gold, then he bowed low to the gentleman and walked off into the rain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Annes zweite Heimat,” they say, or “Is it proper for a gentleman to receive young girls in his room at night with the lights out?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Eastern private schools, modeling themselves after elite British institutions like Eton, taught rowing as a gentleman’s sport and fed their young-gentlemen oarsmen into the nation’s most prestigious universities, places like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "It was a pleasure to meet you all, ladies and gentlemen!" the jongleur is shouting over the innkeeper's shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “That gentleman bought a first-class ticket,” the clerk said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, le patron mange ici, eh?” said the oldest of the gentlemen as they drew up their chairs to the little table. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “You take an eager interest in that gentleman’s concerns,” said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He fled at once, and the minute it was well, “Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee,” she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “What can I do you for, gentlemen?” he asked, holding up a pad of paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Elizabeth did not quit her room for a moment, nor were the other ladies often absent; the gentlemen being out, they had in fact nothing to do elsewhere. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Its owner, Mr. Pilkington, was an easy-going gentleman farmer who spent most of his time in fishing or hunting according to the season. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “There’s a visitor for you in the parlor, Ma says to tell you. A gentleman.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Slave catcher,” Triphena was heard to mutter after one dark, sleekly well-dressed gentleman departed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘I think,’ said Mr. Lyte quietly, ‘all of you ladies and gentlemen will agree that this cup our—ah, cousin, is it?—has brought back tonight is one of this set?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There I wrong him; I know he never will—he is too true a gentleman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Let us be thought over-much plain and simple, even bare, rather than gaudy, flashy, cheap and meretricious. Let us manifest the taste of gentlemen.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Cutthroat turned gentleman, he escorted her safely to the Egyptian border. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “The gentleman in the blue shirt sent this over for you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “By all means,” he says with a slight bow and poses like an old-fashioned gentleman, stiff and somber but with a twinkle hiding somewhere close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had the applause begun than Mr. 13-04, the music- master, bounded out beside the band, held out his hands for silence, and begged the ladies and gentlemen that they should be still. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now return it to its owner before one of these lazy gentlemen calls you a thief.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A gentleman, Gabriel Archer, has been shot through both hands, and a sailor has been shot twice in the torso. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As day turned into night and soft music began, the gentlemen of Manifest took their ladies’ hands and escorted them onto the open-air dance floor lit by a canopy of electric lights. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Malcolm thought carefully and said, “No, sir, never. Ladies and gentlemen, or clergymen anyway, but never a baby.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “The next day the young gentleman admitted the truth to the constable. He had made the whole story up because I had spurned his romantic advances.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I've had people try to put one over on me many times, and let me tell you, gentlemen, few people succeed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he extended his hand like a gentleman. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He’s a gentleman, if you please, this villain. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “And there you have it, gentlemen,” said the prosecutor. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z But he finally answered that he believed her to be well and married to a rich gentleman. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s it. Now, gentlemen, load your guns, for God’s sake. Load your guns!” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z An exploratory “survey” of South America had been commissioned, and the expedition required the service of a “gentleman scientist” who could assist in collecting specimens. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They entered the factory complex through the counting room as they had two weeks before, but this time it was teeming with men, all dressed like gentlemen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Montel was a middle-aged gentleman whose vain ambition and desire for the past twenty years had been to fill the void which Monsieur Lebrun’s taking off had left in the Lebrun household. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Judging from the gentlemen's remarks, Lord Fredrick had led them to expect a spectacular display of wolflike behavior from the children at the party. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Lily was quiet during the entire ride, whereas my mother chatted nervously, giving advice about curfews and the procedure for receiving a gentleman caller and housemothers and vespers on Wednesdays. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The page said that a gentleman had arrived who wanted to see him, and the Queen had said that he was to come at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, indeed: and not only for her beauty, but for her accomplishments. She was one of the ladies who sang: a gentleman accompanied her on the piano. She and Mr. Rochester sang a duet.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He said every kind of bad word imaginable about officers, gentlemen, the war, the British, and the Congress, and he cursed himself for leaving his wife and farm in Maryland. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Top brass at the Army didn’t care if the Black Chamber’s work was fit for gentlemen. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m just trying to be on my best behavior and be a gentleman.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Okay, let’s hurry on to class now, gentlemen. You’re already ten minutes late. You can get back to the Jets and the Sharks at break, all right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Although it was about the size of a small child, it looked much more like a little gentleman, with its smooth white waistcoat in front and its long black tailcoat dragging a little behind. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Forgotten was the word, because surely no gentleman would deliberately choose to go tieless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lyddie watched the hapless gentlemen heave and shove and sweat, all to no avail. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It is to his credit that our father was such a gentleman. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, a fine old gentleman,” Miss Trixie said, unable to remember the elder Mr. Levy at all anymore. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Bates and Miss Fairfax, escorted by the two gentlemen, walked into the room; and Mrs. Elton seemed to think it as much her duty as Mrs. Weston’s to receive them. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The young gentleman seemed to find this an amusing thought. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “We're taking five laps around the field today, gentlemen,” I say in a deep voice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “A famous victory, gentlemen. A drink to celebrate our victory.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll remind you, Bull, that you are an officer and a gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” she asked, “how do you gentlemen like living in a haunted house?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They established that Queenie and the gentleman’s wife had been at the same college, albeit nearly twenty years apart, and traded literary quotations in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce the new Oracle of Delphi.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My hope is that, with no one to explain it to them, the gentlemen simply won’t find out that Powhatan now considers us his subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And Mr Marshall it was who first caused stupefaction amongst ladies and gentlemen visiting Charleville House with displays of silver polished to previously unimagined standards. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so, sir. Unless they’re indoors a lot. Usually visitors like to walk about in the garden, but the weather en’t been very nice, so...Would you like your pudding now, gentlemen?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Charles wrote the way he spoke, as an English gentleman. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That bluff cheery gent—he wasn't a real gentleman. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z We stop on the island of Mona just long enough to get fresh water and for a group of gentlemen to go hunting. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In a chair on the terrace an old gentleman was sitting and the sight of him was vaguely familiar to Dr. Armstrong. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t you give me any more double-talk! You’re a nice, sweet, old gentleman, and I’ll never believe a word you say to me again. I despise you and everything you stand for.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At one point, the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her, began helping herself to some port from my tray. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z And he is a commoner, a yeoman, so I don’t look for him among the gentlemen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The old gentleman scratched about with his great daws until he had turned up a dirty bundle of papers, one corner of which had been used for lighting something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “The council meeting will now commence,” announced the chair, an older gentleman with wild white hair and an immense mustache. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He brought in a college-educated manager—Mr. Devotee Dantzler, a Mississippi gentleman—to make certain prices were kept fair and no miner was gouged. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He was wounded in the shoulder, faced by an enemy who seemed to accept the death of gentlemen as a part of warfare, and now he was in an ambush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was covered in mud but dressed fancy in breeches and an old coat and I figured he must have been a gentleman’s valet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What! are we to have the pleasure of a call from Mr. Elton?—That will be a favour indeed! for I know gentlemen do not like morning visits, and Mr. Elton’s time is so engaged.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Chemistry was, generally speaking, a science for businesspeople, for those who worked with coal and potash and dyes, and not gentlemen, who tended to be drawn to geology, natural history, and physics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “You don’t know the gentlemen here? You have not exchanged a syllable with one of them? Will you say that of the master of the house!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z These two gentlemen had left Boston in March. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be much more commendable to be somebody else’s enemy,” said the gentleman; “far more natural.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The old Chinese gentleman stood up and bowed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z You can tell a true gentleman from a false one that's just dressed in finery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I had an uncle in Minnesota who would have conversations with himself, start to finish, and maybe this old gentleman... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z ‘Captain Hardcastle is an officer and a gentleman,’ the Headmaster said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “From what he could gather, most of the orphans got away before the fire started. Seems an older gentleman who cleaned there held off the mob so the kids could escape.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A diamond all set round with rubies; that’s a gentleman’s, I hope! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The gentlemen are, again, nowhere to be seen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z By 1856 Charles was breeding his own pigeons—Squire, the other pigeon fanciers nicknamed him, referring to the country gentleman that he was. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the gentlemen offered her a hand, but she needed none, having spent her life climbing trees and ladders and roofs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The management used to keep ties in the coat check, for gentlemen who’d forgotten them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Though the gentleman is a Scot, there was none of the Caledonian in his speech, but instead the easy air of Whitehall, Saint James’s Palace, and Vauxhall. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "God rest you, gentlemen," he said, in a surprisingly amiable tone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do not leave until you have prayed long and hard. Pray to curb your temper. Pray for humility—you will need that desperately if you become the servant of one of the gentlemen.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "This morning, gentlemen, whilst I was sitting on the terrace, I was an observer of your activities. There could be little doubt of your purpose. You were searching the island for an unknown murderer?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z ‘Not a word to the old gentleman, mind.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “At four o’clock, therefore, we may expect this peace-making gentleman,” said Mr. Bennet, as he folded up the letter. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Oh, ladies and gentlemen, we don’t have our winner but we certainly have our loser. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “And will the other gentleman originate a sentiment.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know you were allowing María de los Santos to have gentlemen callers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” I say, “if you would be so good as to follow Miss Preston’s girls out of the lecture hall, we have the situation under control.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Using the pointer like a gentleman’s walking cane, Mr. Larson picked his way through the clutter back to his desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z If we had to depend on the gentlemen, many of whom still don’t want to dirty their velvet, we would be at the mercy of the Indians for many more weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But from my observation of Mr Farraday over these months, he is not one of those gentlemen prone to that most irritating of traits in an employer - inconsistency. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do you owe this gentleman something?” he asked her kindly. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “A proper gentleman, this one,” the midwife said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Nothing to you? When a lady, young and full of life and health, charming with beauty and endowed with the gifts of rank and fortune, sits and smiles in the eyes of a gentleman you—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Dr. Bulkeley is everything I ever thought him to be, a great scholar and a great gentleman,” he explained. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Plates of thin bread-and-butter and wholemeal scones were provided for the ladies in galoshes, and the gentlemen in top-hats had lamb cutlets and custard in glasses. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I know these gentlemen. They’ll expect to have everything done for them, expect it to be easy. They won’t lift a finger to work.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And while we wait, the gentlemen, soldiers, carpenters, laborers, and servants all discuss their ideas about the New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He and the Chinese gentleman dug out two collapsible chairs from his attic and came uptown every day at eight and four-thirty to hear Chester’s new programs. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z "With rings on your fingers and gold in your pockets, you can take to the roads like gentlemen. You'll be traveling about in fine coaches. But first you've got to lay hands on the treasure." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Elton’s situation was most suitable, quite the gentleman himself, and without low connexions; at the same time, not of any family that could fairly object to the doubtful birth of Harriet. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z While Mr. Rochester and the other gentlemen directed these alterations, the ladies were running up and down stairs ringing for their maids. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thus we suddenly find sailors and jewellers being asked to resolve disputes between philosophers and gentlemen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ladies and gentlemen—boys and girls—I present to you—the reason why we’re all here—THE CHAMPIONS. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z But I made those German gentlemen pay for the damage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But even in fairy tales, these kindly old gentlemen with their fascinating offers are not always what they seem to be. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Oklahoma’s attorney general said, “Too much credit cannot be given these gentlemen.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So, realizing this, and remembering something he’d heard Lyra say, Lee asked: “Tell me, gentlemen—do you happen to know if Grumman ever looked into the question of Dust?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His reaction delighted Mrs. Ashida, for she knew he would not approve her plan unless he meant it; he was a gentleman. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen work hard with us, too, until their hands are rough as commoners’ hands. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Now they say that Master Wingfield and some of the other gentlemen made up those charges. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A gentleman wearing a clergyman’s collar suggested opening a window, so that the penguins could jump out. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well!” said the pale young gentleman, reaching out his hand good-humouredly, “it’s all over now, I hope, and it will be magnanimous in you if you’ll forgive me for having knocked you about so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He was an English gentleman to the outside world, and he did not want to ruin his reputation by breaking the rules of society. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Fine fellow, isn't he? Handsome to look at and a perfect gentleman." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, the very best football team in the state of Texas!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He told the boys to come shake Stanley's hand and introduce themselves, "like gentlemen." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He said that he had peered into it and that he had found nothing, gentlemen of the jury. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, according to Rule 5 of the regulations, Robert Fischer has lost the game. He has not turned up within the stipulated hour of time.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But these gentlemen had quietly left Boston a month before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, I once had occasion to ask him if a certain gentleman expected at the house was likely to be accompanied by his wife. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, “Men never know when things are dirty or not;” and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, “Women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He saw the old gentleman, who thanked him with tears for the return of the blind horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A young gentleman shouldered past me in the process, not even bothering to glance my way before continuing to the back of the car. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I see Master Clovell glaring at us, and I wonder how long Captain Smith will remain unshackled if he keeps talking this way about the gentlemen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The stranger did not recognise me, but I recognised him as the gentleman I had met on the stairs, on the occasion of my second visit to Miss Havisham. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Turner did not ask his father who the other respectable gentleman was. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But the gentleman, a vacationing Hamburg lawyer, “already had a friend”—a young native Acapulcan who called himself the Cowboy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. He was a gentleman, all right, it was easy to tell that, but he was nice and friendly.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mario had never had an old Chinese gentleman bow to him before and he didn’t quite know what to do. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the gentlemen, a man in a beaver hat and frilled shirt, turned to hand a woman down the coach step. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You called him Galahad,” said the old gentleman. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The next moment, I was showing in two very distinguished gentlemen, who were met by his lordship in the hall and ushered quickly into the drawing room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The person of whom I speak is a gentleman, and a stranger.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z All around the smoking room, gentlemen seemed to be standing in clusters laughing and clapping each other on the shoulder. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z As Reed describes it: The case before the jury involved an irascible gentleman who lived next door to a filling station. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Johnny stood a moment, anxious to do nothing wrong, conscious that the new shoes he had been so proud of did not much resemble the little black buckled pumps on the gentlemen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of gentlemen and sailors get ready to go ashore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I think these two gentlemen just want to get away from our crowded fort and go exploring. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was no answer, and the red armchair, where the old gentleman usually sat since his game leg had grown so bad, was empty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wrote a short, simple note, and with Laurie’s help, got them smuggled onto the study table one morning before the old gentleman was up. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying whether he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Old military gentleman—real Army look about him. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Did she have a young gentleman who took her places? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Our first two teams to compete tonight will be Woodland Elementary and Spaulding Street Elementary. Take your places, ladies and gentlemen.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Ladies and gentlemen, at the beginning of this case the prosecutor spoke of monsters. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z "And what a gentleman you are!" she says. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You still chew with your mouth open. If you hope to make general, you’ll have to learn the table manners of a gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sure it must be he, all grown up to a gentleman, for who else would come to see her? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “There is no other berth on the train, Monsieur. The gentleman has to come in here.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z What are we gonna get out of seeing it again? 5TH JUROR: YOU brought it up. 4TH JUROR: The gentleman has a right to see exhibits in evidence. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On them were pictures of Chinese ladies and gentlemen, dressed in colored gowns and robes, walking on little bridges over a calm blue lake. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy told me how he had traveled to Washington in 1888 to join a new organization of gentlemen who called themselves the National Geographic Society. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z How clever he was and how perfect a gentleman. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He might even get a new pair of shoes with the dollar he just won. That is, if this gentleman will give Ned his rightful winnings.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The group returns in the evening, exhausted and faint, carrying what the expedition has killed: two boars, several iguanas, and the gentleman Edward Brookes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I suppose we go back to the Station, wait for the banks to fold, shake hands, take cyanide, and go out like gentlemen.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s go! I want to see you push yourselves to the limit here,” Coach Williams yells in our general direction. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I know there are any number of good and efficient hunters who know what they are doing; but many more are overweight gentlemen, primed with whisky and armed with high-powered rifles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody ran to fetch the doctor, and half an hour later this gentleman made a majestic and drunken arrival in his horse-drawn buggy. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And now let me have a look at my gentleman agen.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z With an illegal gambling den in the basement, even gentlemen needed to be able to make a quick getaway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This Mr. Owen must be a very different sort of gentleman. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The ponytail guy holds the door open for her, pretending to be a gentleman instead of slime. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “That’s evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Come to your tea, sir, and behave like a gentleman.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Biddy,” said I, after binding her to secrecy, “I want to be a gentleman.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z My brother and the gentlemen are to dine with the officers.—Yours ever, Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Evening, gentlemen,” he said, sweeping back his hood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I see the gentlemen hesitate, but then they lay down their arms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Vincent warns him not to fall out with “those gentlemen,” though. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “True. You are a gentleman’s daughter. But who was your mother? Who are your uncles and aunts? Do not imagine me ignorant of their condition.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “You’re out late, my dear,” said a gentleman in a top hat and white silk muffler. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Voice quivering, I managed to say, “Good day, gentlemen.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As we drove into Freetown, the field-worker introduced himself: “My name is Leslie, it is a pleasure to meet you gentlemen.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The education of any civilized gentleman in those days used to go through three stages, page, squire, knight, and at any rate the Wart had been through the first two of these. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Will they die and leave me with no one to be my ally against the anger and whims of the gentlemen, or of Henry? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maria’s pioneering exploration offended many gentleman scholars at the time, however. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When I returned to the drawing room, I saw that the gentlemen were still in a rather serious mood. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The perfect combination of gentleman and ruthless killer, just like the main character in some frontier adventure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I would like you to show this gentleman what you can do,” Hector says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was then that the gentleman with the black silk top hat passed by the stall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do me a deep disservice, good lady. This gentleman is called Shadow. He is working for me, yes, but on your behalf. Shadow, may I introduce you to the lovely Miss Zorya Vechernyaya.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “One of us is what you’d call a gentleman,” he informed us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Not the exact words!” repeated the gentleman bitterly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “This is coming as you should do,” said she; “like a gentleman.—I am quite glad to see you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z But he carried himself with the self-assurance of a successful gentleman who was proud of his wife, proud of his family, and proud of his business accomplishments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, as soon as she started digging for her money, I started searching for mine, y’know, to be a gentleman. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was a cheap publication, aimed at minor gentlemen and farmers, the sort of thing that is used for lighting fires once it becomes obviously outdated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A dignified gentleman in a three-piece suit alighted. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She had come with a gentleman by the name of Gouvemail, connected with one of the daily papers, of whom nothing special could be said, except that he was observant and seemed quiet and inoffensive. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ugh, that dangerous sport. Soccer is too rough. You should try tennis someday. It’s a gentlemen’s sport. Wouldn’t you like to be a gentleman?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the gentlemen lit a large pipe and the odor of it nearly made her retch. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Then Victoria called over a respectable gentleman, greying at the temples, who was smoking a black cheroot and who grinned as if he had the toothache. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Since you’re such an admirer of the gentleman, I thought you might like to see what he wrote about factory life in Lowell,” she said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And we leave it to the gentleman up there to abuse the name of the dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “With that, gentlemen, I bid you good night.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her resistance had not injured her with the gentleman, and he was thinking of her with some complacency, when thus accosted by Miss Bingley, Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Can I get you gentlemen anything else at the moment?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you have people like this gentlemen, going around the neighborhood, helping out where they can,” the white man says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I told her he was rather an ugly man, but quite a gentleman; and that he treated me kindly, and I was content. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was three storeys high, of proportions not vast, though considerable: a gentleman’s manor-house, not a nobleman’s seat: battlements round the top gave it a picturesque look. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If you don’t quite get my meaning, ladies, gentlemen, vuvv—remember that I do at the current moment, on this night of all nights, have a temperature of a hundred and four. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games begin!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman in question went on gazing at me for a moment without changing the somewhat languid posture he had adopted in his armchair. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z James is servant to the gentleman George Percy, and afraid of everything. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought the gentleman had had a fit, perhaps. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And of course, in Lord Darlington's days, when ladies and gentlemen would often visit for many days on end, it was possible to develop a good understanding with visiting colleagues. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When he stopped, he said, “Anyone for another cup of coffee? There’s plenty here, gentlemen.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z From a nest of—ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you—DRAGONS. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z His twelve years of British schooling had failed to give him spleen, which was considered a gentleman’s most attractive trait. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What do you think the learned gentleman’s reply was? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The sun is already up, and the gentlemen should have been grumbling for their breakfast. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “You must apologize immediately. This poor gentleman is in terrible pain; he doesn’t know what he is saying.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Am I correct in understanding that you are looking for a gentleman to walk with you tonight?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the great hall ladies and gentlemen drank until their talk grew ribald. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Addressing the jurors as “gentlemen,” he insisted, “I never devised a scheme to have Roan killed. I also never desired his death.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Yet a gentleman may not keep a public-house; may he?” said I. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Blowing open Mulch’s back flap, and slamming into the rather large gentleman who had been sneaking up behind him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We had a kind of gentleman’s code between us: I would not escape and thereby get him into trouble, while he permitted me a degree of freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "You gentlemen have got me wrong," he said. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z There was no way Harry was going to let an influential gentleman like yourself come through the village without giving you his usual earful.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, we would hear reports of a milliner’s shop battered for importation, or an affray in a coffeehouse, gentlemen bruised, or a boy in a crowd shot mortally. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “But if he were a true gentleman, he’d just vanish and let me off the hook and then I could go visit my sister.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He says the word gentleman as if it is a pile of sheep dung in the kitchen, and this makes me smile. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Now,” she said, “I’ll just position you correctly. The young girl in the middle, I think, and the two young gentlemen on either side.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Nay,” answered the gentleman, “I must have swelling. Swelling or nothing. I should be greatly gratified by a goose-egg above the eye.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Where do you live now?" asked the gentleman in the top hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Not only for the gentleman, but for all the men who had the unfortunate privilege of seeing her, that was an eternal instant. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Ladies and gentlemen, I give you—the final of the Triwizard tasks. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I am sure he must have been a gentleman,” said Sir Bliant “He kept doing things which nobody but a gentleman would do. He had a natural leaning to arms.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, one of the gentlemen helped Grandmother up and over to the church with Conrad while I stayed with Mother. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Yes. They thought you were a well-behaved gentleman. I had only dated boys at the church to Sunday school affairs.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, the gentleman before you was helping me, was all set to let the transaction go through.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “The constable was not amused, and the gentleman was fined for slanderous action against a lady of the town.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You did more work than any of those gentlemen.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, the newest addition to the Brown Bomber!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If Miss Love managed to learn, I didn’t think any gentleman customer would ride with her for a demonstration. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By all accounts, he was a “very elegant gentleman.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z William Henry Ross was “thirty-five years of age, of a chestnut color, and well made,” and said that he had “hardly been treated as well as a gentleman would treat a dumb brute.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After reading his account of it I was prepared to meet a good specimen of manhood, but hardly the quiet, business-like gentleman who came here to-day. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Could we take one last drink at the bar, Captain? If we promise to behave like gentlemen?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who is that gentleman on horseback?” said she, as they proceeded—speaking more to assist Mr. Weston in keeping his secret, than with any other view. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z "If she goes out with one of those gentlemen, will you save this for me?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z On the first floor of our house was a shop where ladies and gentlemen of the court sent their servants to buy feathers, ribbons, and lace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The distinguished gentleman glanced around the table with a look almost of severity. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Bob Presto was giving his spiel: “Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for a truly electrifying experience?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Down the newly cut path I go, high-stepping over stumps and roots, following the soldiers and gentlemen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The heat was getting to me, or the billiard room’s confines, or maybe it was the copious amounts of cigar smoke wafting from the gentlemen on either side of us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I weighed my fist, and observed my target; but I found I had no will to strike the gentleman. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then a group of gentlemen go off to search for a place for us to settle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In 1630 Thomas Hobbes, who had received a conventional humanistic and scholastic education at Oxford, came across a copy of Euclid’s Elements ‘in a gentleman’s library’ in Geneva. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “This all happened,” Captain Smith says loudly, “thanks to Captain Ratcliffe and his ridiculous idea of a gentlemen’s path.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Like the gentleman he was, Grabarek asked permission to enter and was promptly shown in. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The gentlemen retired to the smoking room for port and cigars. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “The tavern is open if the gentlemen would care to drink to victory.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just an ordinary knock, such as is given hourly by thousands of gentlemen, but it made the Professor’s heart and mine beat loudly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I was in the dining room when the gentlemen eventually came out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Dr. Trefusis is a gentleman of quality. I do not doubt his word. You will forgive my anxiety. This strife and bombs have made me run distracted.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Welcome, gentlemen, to the secret archives of the American Black Chamber!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At last, a bulbous-nosed man spotted them and walked over with another gentleman. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We watch as the gentlemen on board the ship huddle and talk. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Once Captain Smith is gone, though, the gentlemen stop working and even the common men shirk their chores. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Richard comes up on deck, and James, too, and several of the gentlemen, until the first mate calls a halt. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “There ain’t nothing in this world that makes me puke faster than a southern gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In my rovings about town, I’ve learned that the same two gentlemen have been frequent patrons at the drugstore. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A street urchin with filthy dungarees and eyes the wounded blue of fresh bruises, guided by the hand into a public toilet by a much older gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Not on any account,” returned Herbert; “but a public-house may keep a gentleman. Well! Mr. Havisham was very rich and very proud. So was his daughter.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Judge Davies spoke emphatically: “You are excused, gentlemen, but you understand that this is a moot question. The hearing will proceed.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The master armourer, or sergeant-at-arms, was a stiff, pale, bouncy gentleman with waxed moustaches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor insisted, “You gentlemen are standing together. May I suggest that you move at least to the shelter of the trees?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we will continue our studies of the earth’s rotation at another time. Now, gentlemen, it is time to put on your clothes.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Some of the gentlemen were gone to the stables: the younger ones, together with the younger ladies, were playing billiards in the billiard-room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Z, he was a complete gentleman. I thought he was genuinely interested in me. We talked about everything. And we laughed a lot. He wasn’t like any of the other guys out here.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was not wearing a wig as did most gentlemen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw again the bitter face of Kilrain, but Chamberlain did not hate the gentlemen, could not think of them as gentlemen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Pomp suggested we might tie the gentleman to a chair, conformable to tales of robbery; which suggestion, I may relate, met with no disapproval. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If the thought of being Chief Powhatan’s subjects would be distasteful to the gentlemen, then I imagine that becoming subjects of King James would be just as distasteful to the Powhatan people. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Years ago we in the South made our women into ladies. Then the War came and made the ladies into ghosts. So what else can we do, being gentlemen, but listen to them being ghosts?” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman was just telling us, Doctor,' Mrs Smith said, 'he knows Mr Churchill.' is that so? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He showed the gentlemen all there was to see, with the exception of the Secret Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes’ time, I will be asking you to make your way down to the Quidditch field for the third and final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The gentlemen confer some more, and then begin to load the longboat with provisions to bring back to shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Discovery bobs in the river as the gentlemen on board unfurl her sails. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Wart was on an even keel now, and reasonably able to move about He had leisure to look at the extraordinary universe into which the tattoed gentleman's trident had plunged him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He's a gentleman, and he fought a war with the Germans, and it's his instinct to offer generosity and friendship to a defeated foe. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was a gentleman, kind to little children...or so everyone thought until that sunny afternoon when he inveigled a little girl into his dismal back room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, another gentleman reminded him sternly that there were ladies present, and the first man reluctantly tapped his pipe against the metal fixings of the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I came to see whether you’d like another light, gentlemen,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I would like to be a gentleman, madam,” I replied, even though I hadn’t the faintest idea what constituted a gentleman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Who needs a husband when I have more handsome gentlemen around than you can shake a stick at? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We draw closer and hear their plan: There are a dozen gentlemen, and over twenty of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “And, gentlemen, I want to announce that Miss Dalton, our daughter. . . . Miss Dalton. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Two years ago a young gentleman E’lir decided it would be better to inform the constable than to settle his debt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Worst of all was sitting down for afternoon tea, carrying on what she called polite conversation, which, in her estimation, was something every gentleman should be capable of doing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "Buongiorno, gentlemen," she said, holding back the mastiffs as they tried to rim inside. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The old gentleman was thinner and wrinkled now but as dapper as ever. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One had to be guided by the judgement of 'the true ladies and gentlemen', argued the Society, or else 'we may as well adopt the proprieties of Bolshevik Russia'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was one thing for a gentleman to threaten another with arrest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front office we were met by Mr. Grant, a droopy gentleman with thick glasses and a kind smile who spoke no Spanish. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I know he means that this will make me valuable as a translator to the gentlemen who might have little use for me otherwise. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Since then he has been a gentleman of leisure, travelling abroad and living on his rentes.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he said: 'His lordship is a gentleman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, gentlemen. If you see or hear anything, please let us know right away. This old guy is in no shape to be out on his own.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the first place ribbon in the novice tatting category goes to...Miss Lula Gates! Let’s have a big cheer for Miss Lula Gates!” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Later, returning home, he regaled Blanca with accounts of the vulgarity of these stale, out-of-date families, whose daughters were still chaperoned and whose gentlemen wore scapulars. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Prepare to be mesmerized, shocked, and astounded! For I am the Great Timdini! Piff-piff!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s my job to see that you learn to drink like a gentleman,” Bull said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Here a general explosion of laughter cut short the ‘history of salads’, to the great surprise of the learned gentleman. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, ladies and gentlemen,” chirped the TV meteorologist, Max Myer, who was really enjoying his stint as a game show host. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He somehow makes a fragile peace, somehow convinces the gentlemen to wait just a little longer for an east wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Madam, did a Mr. Mwakangale inquire after these two gentlemen?” he asked, pointing to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Oh, my, a gentleman. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance as well.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z But then I do not mean to imply anything derogatory about Mr Farraday; he is, after all, an American gentleman and his ways are often very different. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman waiting gave him a start, though all he was doing was sitting by the cold fireplace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "No. She was with a gentleman. It was the one who was here last night. In the end I find she is very nice." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Andrius and the gray-haired gentleman carried the bald man from the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The young gentleman reached down into the attache case at his feet and brought out a notebook and pencil. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z A gentleman wearing a checked jacket sat at a desk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He strolled right past a group of policemen, tipping his hat like a gentleman. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “I seem to have sent you and the gentlemen on a wild goose chase, in the snow, no less. You must extend my apologies.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A very distinguished old gentleman, she thought to herself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The pale young gentleman and I stood contemplating one another in Barnard’s Inn, until we both burst out laughing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At feeding times the gentlemen, including Ashoke, step out into the hall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Gentlemen,” concluded Mr. Pilkington, “gentlemen, I give you a toast: To the prosperity of Animal Farm!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It’s helpful to tell them— like the nightclub host who greets you, “Ladies and gentlemen: have we got a show for you tonight!”—that important, new, and unusual matters will be offered to their ears. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “No need for that, thank you. It’s dry enough now. Good night, gentlemen, good night to you, and thank you again.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dr. Campbell was an efficient sort, a portly gentleman who buzzed around the room with his white coat flapping behind him like a cape. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Laughing ladies stream past with gentlemen trailing behind them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “The other respectable gentleman who signed the committal papers,” said Turner’s mother, “is best named by your father.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Yes—yes—yes!” cried all the juveniles, both ladies and gentlemen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You wish I’d love you. Why don’t you be more like Finch? He’s a gentleman.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “And this gentleman’s kindly agreed to lend us his boat!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There are hoards of gentlemen dressed in velvet and silk, sailors in their wide-legged slops, and one very dirty boy selling eels. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Kat grabbed me and flew off the train, almost knocking over a gentleman trying to board. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not acquainted with this country, gentlemen, but it seems a solitary country towards the river.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a compact gentleman, and one could easily imagine that, in his earlier years, he had been adept at springing and vaulting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I want to stay. But, if you will sit down quietly for a minute, and listen, I promise to behave like a perfect gentlemen like one of your preux chevaliers, in fact.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ladies were not ladies any more, and you couldn’t trust a gentleman’s word. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Yasmeen is dressed to snare the attention of a suitable young gentleman. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “As concerned library lovers,” said the gentleman, brandishing a thick document, “we are here today to volunteer our services.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Sir,” Stuart said tightly, “if you will tell me who these gentlemen ...” “There will be none of that.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They all three looked at Lancelot, and the old gentleman spoke first “Hum!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Son to an English professor who hated everything about the South, grandson to a gentleman farmer who loved everything about it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He decided to tell Mrs. Das about another patient, and another: the young woman who had complained of a sensation of raindrops in her spine, the gentleman whose birthmark had begun to sprout hairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "Fact is, it must have been done! Now then, gentlemen, let's make a start. Nobody's got a revolver, by any chance? I suppose that's too much to hope for." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But Severo ignored the scandal and in a short time several other gentlemen followed his example, until the sight of an automobile ceased to be such a novelty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When it first appeared, Halley was about to embark on the typical wealthy young gentleman’s Grand Tour of Europe, accompanied by an old schoolfriend, Robert Nelson. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “But I wonder no wealthy nobleman or gentleman has taken a fancy to her: Mr. Rochester, for instance. He is rich, is he not?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z M. Dupont was a tall, elegant gentleman with a grey beard and a monocle. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "Who else wants little Sambo before we take it on the lambo? Speak up, ladies and gentlemen, who wants little . . . ?" And again the whistle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come and fight,” said the pale young gentleman. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “My apologies, gentlemen. I’m on an important assignment.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Private Cudjo chafed the gentleman’s wrists so they bled, and then tied them fast, that it might appear he had been subject to all the indignities of martial harrassment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “What did those gentlemen say to you?” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In the opinion of us all, this revered gentleman has great insight into politics. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When I had ordered everything I wanted, I directed my steps towards Pumblechook’s, and, as I approached that gentleman’s place of business, I saw him standing at his door. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Have some of the gentlemen decided they need houses instead of tents to sleep in? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I flew around them, politely, like a gentleman. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “That makes your total, yes, by George, fifty! You’ve made the quota, Parmentier. Good boy, good boy! A round of cheers, gentlemen.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She has sold everything she had that was worth selling, and now she is enjoying herself. The flower table is always attractive, you know, ‘especially to gentlemen’.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would the gentleman like to see it again?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Bod looked at the remains of the gentleman in the brown coat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "I need hardly advise you, gentlemen, to lock your doors." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "Yes, sir, that was all he gave me . . ." "And how many of these gentlemen have you succeeded in seeing, may I ask?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Others who studied insects were wealthy, learned gentlemen with far more resources than she. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “At half-past nine, gentlemen,” said he, “we must break up. Pray make the best use of your time. I am glad to see you all. Mr. Drummle, I drink to you.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Captain Newport goes off exploring with eight or nine gentlemen and a dozen sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “And what a lovely gentleman he must be, to have a feather bed! “I suppose I should have to share it with somebody?” he added doubtfully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, you have to understand that we’d been here for a day and a half and in all that time Doug Swieteck hadn’t followed the gentlemen sign and used what was over the two ridges. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I was told this is the gentlemen’s room,” the steward said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Certainly before these gentlemen start arriving from Europe.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Silently he handed it to a plainly dressed, thick-set gentleman who thus far had said nothing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep your seats, gentlemen,” Truman said, an excited smile on his face as he waved the note in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s a letter from the old gentleman! Come quick, and read it!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z That hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit’s fate. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come right in, gentlemen—that is, if it’s humanly possible. It’s just a mite cramped in here for a party.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dining halls the older gentlemen, who had spoiled their palates with drinking, were relishing those strange delicacies of the Middle Ages—the strong flavours of whale and porpoise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For a short stretch the path became broad and flat, and just ahead, leaning comfortably against a dead tree, stood a very elegant-looking gentleman. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Clara gave her a strange look and said, “You may be our servant now, but you are the daughter of a gentleman, and you must know that you are far prettier than Ana.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Especially to gentlemen,” added May, with a look which enlightened Amy as to one cause of her sudden fall from favor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did the gentlemen change their minds as soon as Captain Smith told them that those two men are dead? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When it was over, the old Chinese gentleman blew his nose on a silk handkerchief he took out of his sleeve. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “The day after the attack, I walked into the command room and saw the gentleman who was my number two giving my team a completely different set of instructions,” Van Riper said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I spend the next forty-five minutes standing guard outside Barbara’s dressing tent as she entertains gentleman callers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z What about a coffee cup for the large gentleman? The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained, “This boy is a rare genius, proclaimed by all the gentlemen of Boston. He recognize his own breeches, too.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The two little girls shook hands like gentlemen. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In 1841, only two years later, an assistant to Daguerre, Andre Le Fevre, was arrested in the Tuileries Gardens for attempting to sell a gentleman a picture of the woman and the pony. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then did we notice that the gentleman in whose house we were staying was nowhere to be found — he had slipped out and gone to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to speak to him about this gentleman problem.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The crowd continues by, moving to and from the gates without noticing either gentleman. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With a yell and a leap, the gentleman rose from his reclining position, left the barber’s chair, and fled into the street, not even stopping for his coat and hat. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “He was always a kind, good gentleman, though not what you may call a beauty.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who was the gentleman with Miss Dalton last night?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z How about the next gentleman? 6TH JUROR: I don’t know. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam let loose on me in the kitchen after the gentlemen had taken Master Lockton to Ashley’s Tavern for a night of beer drinking and pipe smoking. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I promise you, gentlemen, that before this sale is ended each one of you will have the number ‘fifty’ inscribed in that final box, signifying that you have done your part for Trinity . The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I admire the way he talks back to the gentlemen as if they have no right to lord it over him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman’s daughter; so far we are equal.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I won’t waste my breath telling you how wrong it is to disappear and reappear as you do,” the gentleman fairy told Lucinda. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen . . . welcome! Welcome to the final of the four hundred and twenty-second Quidditch World Cup!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The house stayed empty until the gentlemen from Mobile bought it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Biddy,” said I, with some severity, “I have particular reasons for wanting to be a gentleman.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was just a great big roofed room and it belonged to a worried gentleman named Horace Abbeville. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My recollection of Mr Lewis is that of a gentleman of generous dimensions with a genial smile that rarely left his face. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z You gentlemen here, forgive me, but you are just a bunch of naive dreamers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Among them was Gertrude, attended by an aged gentleman and a young lady I did not know. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He would have preferred to take these gentlemen out from five hundred feet with a dart rifle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There’s a place near the end of the book where the main kid is picked up by some older gentleman. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It began with the strange gentleman’s sitting down at the table, drawing the candle to him, and looking over some entries in his pocket-book. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m expecting some fine gentlemen like you have a lot of stuff you’d like to give away free.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z So the old gentleman was after him for his pride again, was he? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wended my way past the gentlemen, searching for glasses to replenish. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “My dear James,” said the Old-Green-Grasshopper, laying a front leg affectionately on James’s shoulder, “I don’t know what we'd do without you. You are so clever. Ladies and gentlemen—we are saved again!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “This little treasure is all mine, gentlemen and ladies. Please, I beg you. Do not infringe on my discovery ” “Mr. Remorso,” said Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, Madam,” he said, “it’s a gentleman who used to come here frequently at one time, when Mrs. de Winter was alive. A gentleman called Mr. Favell.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Two lines, gentlemen!” he says in his booming baritone. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “And gentlemen, I myself cry no tears for me. No, sir, I don’t. Because it crunches up the features. Detracts from the regularity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Own your greatness, son. False humility doesn’t become a gentleman.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z For this reason I took one companion on my journey—an old French gentleman poodle known as Charley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I know only that, in the course of negotiations, they elected to deliver Pro Bono as a garnish to a gentleman donor in the Virginia Colony. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The old gentlemen smiled and nodded and felt the years were well spent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "On foot?" said the gentleman, raising his eyebrows a little. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen, you must learn deductive reasoning!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman’s concurrence. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Tom had a Reb officer in tow, a weary gentleman with a face of grime and sadness, of exhausted despair. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly raising his voice, “Ladies and gentlemen,” he trumpeted, “ladies and gentlemen.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Sykes was a small, thin, grouchy man, had the reputation of a gentleman, though somewhat bad- tempered. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Would it have been the one I know as hers — the which I saw slow-spreading across her soft and radiant features to greet each gentleman who attended our musical soirees, of an evening? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But once Captain Smith begins his story, I don’t give the gentlemen another thought. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’ll ask you again: Was there a reason to ask this gentleman to remove his shoes?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not that a gentleman like you, so well set up as you, can’t win ’em off of his own game; but money shall back you! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z How about the next gentleman? 7TH JUROR: Me? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried down the stairs and was in time to see the gentlemen proceeding into the smoking room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Do you know why his lordship has brought these gentlemen here tonight? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Is this table all right, gentlemen?” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The gentleman stood against the wall to take his beating and said, “’Pon my honor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Nately’s father was a courtly white-haired gentleman who dressed impeccably; this old man was an uncouth bum. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His lordship emerged to meet him and the two gentlemen appeared to exchange complicit glances before disappearing together into the drawing room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was full of plans “for his gentleman’s coming out strong, and like a gentleman,” and urged me to begin speedily upon the pocket-book which he had left in my possession. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He knew Colonel Smith had told Lydia that one of his young gentlemen was prone to solitary tippling. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The gentleman in the bow tie opened a leather briefcase. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Before she let go of my wrist, she looked up at me and said, “Thank you, Connor. You are a gentleman.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My old gentlemen felt that these words were very important too—‘Thou shalt’ and ‘Do thou.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I read that portfolio of clippings your brother’s lawyer sent. Must have been a great old gentleman.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At one time he had almost developed it into an art form, practicing the hobby with the skill and fervor of an artist and philosopher, a scholar and gentleman. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Indoors he was rigidly a British officer and a ‘gentleman’ and Johnny an inferior. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go to New York if you wish, but I know a gentleman in Wilmington who will pay a pretty price for this.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, gentlemen, this hunt must be carried out in a sportsmanlike way. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I held mine as she poured the wine and served the gentlemen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” the PA announcer continued, “if Eddie can make this shot, he will be one million dollars richer.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe—maybe one of these gentlemen here . . .” The men looked up in the hot, uneasy shadows, looking first at the boy and then at Teece. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” she asks a gentleman on the street, “I must get on the train.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I had already heard similar sentiments a few moments earlier, but Mr Morgan actually said: 'It's a privilege to have a gentleman like yourself here in Mos- combe, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The story could not be true, but this old gentleman so loved it that I could never convince him of its falsity, so I didn’t try. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the King set him down again and said, "Stand here together, boys, and let all the court see you. Hold up your heads. Now, gentlemen, look on them both. Has any man any doubts?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid you will have to stay with the other gentlemen.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “How did you like my reading of the character, gentlemen?” said Mr. Waldengarver, almost, if not quite, with patronage. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “What shocking conduct, Miss Eyre, to strike a young gentleman, your benefactress’s son! Your young master.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Togged up women and gentlemen in yachting costume and all very rich and important looking. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z "What is wrong with this gentleman, Sylvester?" the tall one said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Might as well leave my car in the gentlemen’s club parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That makes me laugh, a fine and proper gentleman like Captain Keelson asking my permission to help. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Richard remembered him clearly, his mottled complexion, how he called science “muck,” how he ate his porridge walking about in the dining hall because he said it was what gentlemen did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Many want to kill the gentlemen, or die trying. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He may have had a lot of money, but he was never a gentleman.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Worse was to come with the news that the gentleman had brought no valet, his usual man having fallen ill. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now look at that. A real gentleman!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Nothing could be less accurate than to suggest that I regret my association with such a gentleman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z "I see truth in his face. We must ride for it, gentlemen. A spare horse there, for the boy. You can ride fast, friend?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Your gentleman friend paid for this round and the next,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He goes backstage for a moment, they speak for a moment, but Sorrel is a gentleman and Harrison is a player, and there is no further connection. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he bade us all a good evening than Mrs Taylor said to him: This is our gentleman here, Doctor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be so mean, Gerald. Hasn’t he been a perfect gentleman since he’s been out? Hasn’t he tried to show you that he’s sorry and he’s changed? You gotta learn to forgive and forget!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s your prisoner, gentlemen,” announced Brinker, seizing my neck and pushing me into the Butt Room ahead of him, “I’m turning him over to the proper authorities.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I was expecting a stodgy, older gentleman who’d offer me canned encomiums about Hopkins and then stiffen and ask for the check when he found out the details of my standardized test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Lyddie couldn’t help but laugh, remembering the sight of those sweating, swearing, filthy gentlemen, and now they were further poisoning the already stale air of the carriage with their odor and road mud. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z "Your Heart's Desire, remember," said the gentleman in the top hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "Take me to it," said the gentleman in the hat, and it did not occur to Dunstan to refuse him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if the gentleman who’s disagreeing down there could tell us why. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the gentlemen may be pleased to enjoy the claret. Its owner spake of it highly.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The gentleman in the barber’s chair, his face already white with lather, half-lifted his head to see what had happened. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But for the past few days the old gentleman had been upon Edna’s hands, and in his society she was becoming acquainted with a new set of sensations. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot took the old gentleman by the shoulders and sat him down on a chest “Look, Uncle,” he said with determination. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A few avenues to the west, Model T automobiles delivered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the doors of imposing three-story brick and stone homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This gentleman has repeated that point in here several times. 4TH JUROR: That’s correct. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Words of a brave man, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Mr. Trellis. It's clear your actions might have prevented additional violence." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At last coffee is brought in, and the gentlemen are summoned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Erik stood up when the others did, like a gentleman would. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope they’ve sent us more skilled workers and fewer gentlemen, as I requested,” says President Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He waved his arm out to the side as if he were just being a gentleman, letting her and the others go first. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Some of the boys run screaming. But I think she likes you. You’re the first boarder she’s ever referred to as a gentleman.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Why, he was a gentleman, an officer of the King's Dragoons, a knight! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “It’s because of your germ issues, not because I’m a gentleman,” he says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she confided to Adams, “my friendship for that gentleman has lived through his faults and errors—to which I have not been blind. I believe he remains our friend.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In March, a stranger paid a visit to the rectory, but it was not some gentleman come to claim me as his heir. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z She was escorted by two different gentlemen, neither of whom was her husband. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Most of the investors were in absentia, gentlemen from Philadelphia or the southern Colonies who corresponded regularly with Mr. Sharpe, but who never saw our Novanglian academy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Not just any game,” exclaimed the gentleman in the tweed suit and thick spectacles. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A heavily perfumed gentleman with long, oiled hair and a Vintic accent clapped me on the back and gave me a purse of money, “for new strings.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Have you assurance of this, boy?" asked one of the other gentlemen. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I says each time,—and I goes out in the air to say it under the open heavens,—‘but wot, if I gets liberty and money, I’ll make that boy a gentleman!’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Sir Edward Maria Wingfield. A very high-ranking gentleman, and a member of the Virginia Company. Remember who he is.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “His back is to us. He’s working his oily charm on a lovely young lady who must not know him ... to the right of the round gentleman in red.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The old gentleman leaned back in his chair and lighted an enormous meerschaum pipe—Good gracious, he breathes fire, thought the Wart, who had never heard of tobacco—before he was ready to reply. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Quite the little gentleman—from the waist up. Silver buttons, eh? Ruffled shirt?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a reputation for being formidably intelligent, and in those days one often tended to hear of how she had humiliated this or that learned gentleman at dinner over some important contemporary issue. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Officers get special treatment on account of they’re considered gentlemen. They have parole to walk around the city. They live in boardinghouses and eat regular.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She worked in a large house—a mansion—outside Danville, for a family of what was then called gentlemen farmers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He said yes, but asked me for some of my “gentleman’s linen” to put on in the morning. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I want the story to continue, but just then President Ratcliffe, Master Martin, Master Archer, and a few of the other gentlemen come crowding into our circle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Janna, a gentleman keeps e-mailing me this same question every two weeks and I fear if I do not address it, I may be held accountable by our Creator. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Judge Byrne said, “Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your efforts,” his voice drowned out by the bedlam in the courtroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You must go find the children. I don’t like the way some of the gentlemen are talking. Stop staring out the window like that, dear! Heavens, you look like you just saw a ghost!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A gentleman in a suit emerged from a restaurant stepping quickly away from the drops I was splashing about. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Such a gentleman,” Tee said, rolling her eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “We’re taking five laps around the field today, gentlemen,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z And the next, “Live erotic show, gentlemen! Plus in our establishment you can watch the football game!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was, in fact, no gentleman at all. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Please enter, gentlemen!’’ she said, opening the stable doors. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Such rooms were usually reserved for gentlemen jailed for debt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Bull, and he still thinks that Ace and Sammy chowed down on your vomit. He said that he had never seen such a spectacle performed by officers and gentlemen in his entire life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see,” said the gentleman of the house, standing in the door, “that you disputes nicely with your slaves.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Did you observe, gentlemen,” said Mr. Waldengarver, “that there was a man in the gallery who endeavoured to cast derision on the service,—I mean, the representation?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Lyons laughed and said, “That’s not a good idea. We can’t treat you to a corporate box each time you come to the stadium. So enjoy it tonight. I've got to go now, gentlemen.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a pony at home, and ride nearly every day in the park with Fred and Kate. It’s very nice, for my friends go too, and the Row is full of ladies and gentlemen.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He could visualize the scene—the large voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman’s gentleman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, gentlemen,” he said, “I’m greatly obliged to you. A splendid dinner, some of the finest wine I’ve ever tasted in my life, and a look at that remarkable instrument.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Footsteps resound and the door is opened by a large, bony gentleman. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a gentleman with him, mamma,” said Kitty; “who can it be?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, it seems you have. Who might you young gentlemen be?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will sit down and behave like a gentleman.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And not only is Mr Farraday a most excellent employer, he is an American gentleman to whom, surely, one has a special duty to show all that is best about service in England. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was courtly, and referred to us as “gentlemen,” even doffing his hat to us, something no one else in the prison service ever did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gunthrie waited for the applause and cheering to die down, and then said, “Ladies and gentlemen, your valedictorian, Miles Richter.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And in an aside, “Get pencils and paper, gentlemen.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The dislodged gentleman bounced around for a long breath or two before the Baptist minister gave him his chair, then with more dignity than the situation deserved, the minister walked off the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It only follows that a gentleman’s dignity is in his purse then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Spider Kelly taught all his young gentlemen to box like featherweights, no matter whether they weighed one hundred and five or two hundred and five pounds. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “No, he didn't do anything bad. He was perfectly fine, a gentleman.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Harriet could just answer, “Oh! dear, yes,” before the gentleman joined them. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z At first I wondered if she lay around in a lacy negligee all day, smoking cigarettes and waiting for gentlemen callers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know, right? It says, ‘Ladies and gentlemen and also people who do not identify as ladies or gentlemen, Daisy Ramirez won’t break her promises, but she will break your heart.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “And you,” said I, “are the pale young gentleman!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Issue the tavern keeper an Office of Forage certificate. Warn him, Sergeant, he is not to ask the gentlemen for payment, unless he wants to spend this night in irons. They are our guests.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now, ladies and gentlemen, to introduce our short-story contest winners, here’s Marsha Priest, president of the Hamilton Plaza Library Literacy Foundation!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z About thirty men in all disembark for the exploratory trip, most of them gentlemen and sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z An affable Victorian gentleman, Franklin was said to be a good-natured bumbler, dogged and clueless, with the naive ideals of a child and a disdain for acquiring backcountry skills. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll eat right here. A little dried beef. You gentlemen have some supper.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the anthill split in half to reveal an elderly gentleman sitting cross-legged on the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was dancing with a fleshy but nimble-footed gentleman when I saw Cristiana leave the hall, the folds of her red cape billowing behind her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “There’s a chance my gentleman friend is out there, hurt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Digory guessed that the old gentleman must be Uncle Andrew but you couldn’t see his face; his tall hat had been bashed down over it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes he looked so proud and fine people thought he must be a great gentleman’s son in misfortune. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “This gentleman is not just anyone,” Hector replies with a laugh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It began to roll from beneath me, but the gentlemen in the group were kind enough to grab it and assist me down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen,” said a slightly singsong voice, and with a slight shock, Harry saw the same small, tufty-haired wizard who had presided at Dumbledore’s funeral, now standing in front of Bill and Fleur. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We moved quickly northward, heading for Wisconsin through a noble land of good fields and magnificent trees, a gentleman’s countryside, neat and white-fenced and I would guess subsidized by outside income. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia claims that they have not, though she remembers the gentleman who politely takes her hand, as he looks exactly the same as he did when she was six years old. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Ladies and gentlemen? May I have your attention, please?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “All the same, you must find room for this gentleman here. He is a friend of mine. He can have the No. 16.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z No one realized what was happening at the moment he stepped out and approached the gentleman wearing the fine, gray suit. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “At what time this afternoon?” persisted the old gentleman, with nagging determination, as if he were cross-questioning a criminal in a court of justice. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was my own pet lunatic—the most pronounced of his type that I had ever met with—talking elemental philosophy, and with the manner of a polished gentleman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes one of the ladies or gentlemen can’t resist the urge to peek outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Such claims can only arise from complete ignorance of the sort of gentleman his lordship was. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, when she was with the gentlemen who called on her, she assumed a contradictory attitude, encouraging them with a batting of her Arabian eyes, but keeping them at a prudent distance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Smith nods, and I wonder if he really does plan to be polite to the exalted gentlemen from here on in. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If the roof of the house had suddenly flown off, the old gentleman wouldn’t have been more astonished. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “And do not you think him a very handsome gentleman, ma’am?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing Heathcliff can ever do to make these Earnshaws think he’s good enough. And he tries. He goes away, educates himself, becomes a gentleman. Still, they think he’s an animal.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Now she was all glitter and smiles, greeting the young gentlemen who had come to meet her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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