CAVALIER in a Sentence
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27 example sentences for CAVALIER, such as:
1. The cavalier addressed some words in English to his sister.
2. The club's owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.
3. The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking.
4. A cavalier, mounted on a large steed, might be about ninety feet high.
5. Get up, and don't be a goose, Jo, was the cavalier reply to her petition.
2. The club's owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.
3. The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking.
4. A cavalier, mounted on a large steed, might be about ninety feet high.
5. Get up, and don't be a goose, Jo, was the cavalier reply to her petition.
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Meanings and Examples of CAVALIER
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cavalier
a. offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 de Treville, who could not fail to think the manner in which d'Artagnan had left him a little cavalier.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
Context Highlight In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
2 Thus spoke and acted the gallant knights of the time of Charlemagne, in whom every cavalier ought to seek his model.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
3 At thirty-five, which was then his age, he passed, with just title, for the handsomest gentleman and the most elegant cavalier of France or England.
4 At the moment she entered, the curtain of a small gallery which to that time had been closed, was drawn, and the pale face of the cardinal appeared, he being dressed as a Spanish cavalier.
5 At the end of five minutes they perceived the carriage drawn up by the roadside; a cavalier, richly dressed, was close to the door.
6 The conversation between Milady and the cavalier was so animated that d'Artagnan stopped on the other side of the carriage without anyone but the pretty SOUBRETTE perceiving his presence.
7 The cavalier laughed aloud, which appeared to exasperate Milady still more.
8 The cavalier addressed some words in English to his sister.
9 Luigi slowly relinquished Teresa's arm, which he had held beneath his own, and Teresa, accompanied by her elegant cavalier, took her appointed place with much agitation in the aristocratic quadrille.
10 And with overpowering compliments her handsome cavalier led her back to the place whence he had taken her, and where Luigi awaited her.
11 "Nay, I flatter myself that there can be no doubt of it," replied the cavalier in the cloak.
12 Well," cried he, with that benevolent politeness which distinguished his salutation from the common civilities of the world, "my cavalier has attained his object.
13 Get up, and don't be a goose, Jo, was the cavalier reply to her petition.
14 A cavalier, mounted on a large steed, might be about ninety feet high.
15 She stood back and viewed him with pride, thinking that even Jeb Stuart with his flaunting sash and plume could not look so dashing as her cavalier.
Example Sentence:
1 The club's owner showed a cavalier attitude to the licensing laws.
2 The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking.
3 The disguised prince resented the cavalier way in which the palace guards treated him. How dared they handle a member of the royal family so unceremoniously!