I've got a hunch we'd have done better if we'd handed that gent over to the police.
This gent has been getting restless, but he hasn't made a move he shouldn't.
What you want is to get Clyde Fitch to build you a nice little one-act scene where you can play leadin' gent to her leadin' lady.
From being a holy terror, Buddy calmed down to as peaceful a young gent as you'd want to meet.
And Pinphoodle didn't look like a gent that kept the receivin' teller workin' overtime.
He an' Danvers shows up after a while, and the old gent calls for tea and toast and jam.
This gent with the ingrowin' Roman nose-piece is me assistant Swifty Joe Gallagher.
It seemed like a shame, though, to stir up the old gent that way, and I don't believe the medicine did him any more good.
By the time the guns got through bangin' we had a dozen search-lights turned on us, and a strong lunged gent on the nearest warship was yellin' things at us through a megaphone.
The other gent you may have met before, seein' as he's from one of the first families of Brooklyn--lives under the bridge.
Every tinhorn sport has his bundle, you know; but it's only your real gent that can flash a check book.
Then I goes down and reports to Pinckney, and puts in the rest of the evenin' bein' introduced as the gent that set the Baron Patchouli up in the shoe-string business.
It wa'n't such a cinch to do, either, for he was a lively old gent on his pins.
Honest, the old gent was so sure he'd croak before mornin' that he wanted to write some farewell letters, but he was too done up for that.
The foreign gent recovered his wound, but acquired rheumatism and a dislike for midnight expeditions.
At sight of him Reginald uttered a cry of dismay; the foreign gent blew out the light.
At sight of it the foreign gent could not suppress an ejaculation, but the younger one clapped his hand before his mouth hurriedly.
The foreign gent unrolled a sort of green baize apron he had round him; it was, in reality, a bag.
The foreign gent prized the shutters open with a little crowbar; he then, with a glazier's diamond, soon cut out a small pane, inserted a cunning hand and opened the window.
The foreign gent seized this opportunity, and ran at once at the window and jumped at it.
The foreign gent was very apt to disappear in fine weather, but rain soon drove him back to her fireside, and hunger to her flesh-pots.
On the very day the foreign gent came to Meyrick's farm Lady Bassett had a letter by post from Reginald.
The first thing she saw was the foreign gent staggering toward her.
But the foreign gent had raised the crowbar to defend himself, and struck him a blow on the head that made him stagger back.
Then the foreign gent produced his skeleton keys, and after several ineffective trials, opened the door softly and revealed the glittering booty.
The gent who still adorns our midst takes a drink on the house, while St. Peter onbars things a lot an' arranges gate an' seat checks with the other in the realms of light.
We applauds the idee, thinkin' she might shake Cherokee some if she stays; an' of course a gent out shootin' for his life needs his nerve.
But the way these yere European shorthorns fixes it, a gent shorely runs a heap more resk of becomin' a angel abrupt, attendin' of a Texas cake-walk in a purely social way.
What was the last words of this yere gent who's killed?
Presently the old gent as had given me the 'igh 'at as I had started squashin' came up to the door.
Presently another gent came alone, and he done the same to his top-'at.
Anyway, when you say Fletcher Dawes you think of a red-faced gent with a fistful of thousand-dollar bills offerin' to buy the White House for a stable.
One was a tall, well built chap in a silk hat; the other was a short, pussy, ruby beaked gent in French flannels and a Panama.
Just for a josh I lugged one of the papers that had a picture of Hank up to the ranch, expectin' when he saw it, he'd want to buckle on his guns and start down after the gent that did it.
First we strikes the music room, where a heavy weight gent lately come over from Warsaw is tearin' a thunder storm out of the southwest corner of the piano.
The lady was so anxious to get to talkin' that she forgot to shove the cups at me, and the gent didn't act like it was his say.
For a gent that acted as though he'd been born wearin' a high collar and a shiny hat, Sir Twiggle wasn't so worse.
First thing Pinckney spies after we has rushed the gangplank is a gent with a healthy growth of underbrush on his face and a lot of gold on his sleeves.
The gent wouldn't have hurt yer, if yer had only give up when he arst.
Brought in here about five, sir, by a boy as a gent gave sixpence to bring it in, sir.
Was it your master," said the post-boy: "grey gentwith a young lady?
Score one for thegent from the Panhandle,” snickered Cooper.
I now give you notice that henceforth and hereafter I’m Rodney Grant of the Star D Ranch, Roberts County, Texas Panhandle, and any gent who doesn’t approve of my style is at liberty to segregate himself from my society.
You remind me some of a gent who dropped into Rogers County, Texas, two years ago,” said Grant.
An' don't fergit dis gent here and me is friends, and anyone dat starts anyt'ing wit' dis gent is going to find trouble.
I have allers admired em since I fust made aquaintence with the real Gent as I used to wait upon at the Grand Otel at Cherring Cross, and he was a reel Gentif ever there was one!
We'll tie this gent so he won't hurt hisself if you can find one.
Th' gent that left Meeker's shovel for us to find did that, too.
WHERE DID THE OLD GENT WANT TO GO TO, BILL?
WILL ANY GENT BE SO GOOD AS FOR TO TAKE THIS YOUNG LADY IN HIS LAP?
Second Gent thinks they had better not interfere with any of the Regulations.
No; well, you 're going to be if I have my way, and I don't believe the sort of a gent described would be very apt to help you much in getting there.
I’m not looking for a scrap, having learned by observation that the gent who prances round with a chip on his shoulder sure gets it knocked off by a better chap some day.
Say, the old gent ain’t sech a bad feller, though he nigh works me to death sometimes.
That gent sure better hustle some,” observed Grant, “unless he’s anxious to get a proper ducking.
The old gent killed a lamb yesterday, and, thinkin’ mebbe you might like some meat, he cut this for ye and sent it as a present.
The gent 'ere 'e give us the watch and chain and the money, being old pals of his as he picked up in New York City.
Arf a quid, Bob, if we puts this gent aboard a wessel name o' Allytheer afore she syles at turn o' tide.
But no; you're a gent if there ever was one, and I'm not the man to offend you.
In the midst of the excitement a gent came in apparently much excited.
That nautical gent knew what the lawyer would find at the house, and so made himself scarce after trying to get the jewels.
Stretchers is as common to her, sir, as kissings is to a handsome young gent like you.
The least he could do," snapped the servant, "knocking folks into orspitals with his fine gent airs.
I 'elped to pull you out from them wheels with the 'aughty gent as guv me a bob fur doin' it.
That wos him; but the gent wouldn't give it back, so I 'spose he'd given it to his son.
That gent as he was a-walking arm-in-arm with, slipped and knocked Mr. Beecot spinning under the steam engine.
Do you know if any gent of that name lives here, guvnor?
I suppose your ladies sometimes went to see thisgent in town?
Tinker said it was gone, but wrote to the gent as bought it.
Tray's his name, Debby, and he's the kid as talked to that cold gent Mr. Beecot brought along with him when he got smashed.
You can bet, John, that no daughter of mine can ever marry a tall gent with a nose like the rear end of an observation car and a knowledge of the English language which doesn't get beyond I O U--do you get me?
Then the Young Gent would go out and spread 40 cents around among the tradesmen for a mess of water-lilies and a bag of peanut brittle.
As if interpreting his thoughts, the old gent turned rather gruffly, and took a searching glance at the young man.
The old gent from Leadville turned and gazed at the pompous-looking man a moment, his dander rising several degrees.
This last speech of the rough featured man again put him in the ascendant, and the spectacled gent once more ran his fingers between his cravat and throat.
During all this time, it must not be supposed that the old gent with the two daughters, and even the young ladies themselves, had been silent.
It was evident that the white hatgent was an uneducated man.
The white hat gent was now the lion of the company.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bloke; boy; buck; cat; chap; cuss; fellow; galoot; gee; gentleman; guy; man; skate
