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Gentleman in sentence

1701 examples of Gentleman in a sentence

"You took us by surprise, you see," said the lawyer in explanation, cheerfully indicating to the gentleman that he should come closer, which, slowly, hesitatingly, looking all around him, but with a certain dignity, he did.
And meanwhile we're sitting there, your uncle who's going to such effort for you, the lawyer who needs to be won over to your side, and above all the office director, a very important gentleman who is in direct command of your affair in its present stage.
That went on for about an hour until the old gentleman, who was already exhausted from working all night, was very tired and went back to his office.
"I'm looking for a copy of a contract," he said, "which this gentleman insists you must have.
So he drew the manufacturer's letter out from his pocket, held it out to the painter and said, "I learned about you from this gentleman, an acquaintance of yours, and it's on his advice that I've come here".
One of the girls behind the door started up again, and asked, "Titorelli, is he going to go soon?""Quiet!" shouted the painter at the door, "Can't you see I'm talking with the gentleman?"
If, in spite of that, you're still a gentleman then I'm just as much a gentleman as you are, if not even more so.
And I want to be spoken to as a gentleman, especially by you.
Unfortunately, just then the servitor came in and reported that the director had sent him to see whether the chief clerk was already in his office; if he was, then would he please be so kind as to come to his reception room as the gentleman from Italy was already there.
"I see," said K."I had you summoned here," said the priest, "because I wanted to speak to you.""I knew nothing of that," said K."I came here to show the cathedral to a gentleman from Italy.""That is beside the point," said the priest.
The two gentleman clearly knew no answer to give, they waited, their free arms hanging down, like nurses when the patient needs to rest.
"These gentleman will have some hard work to do".
K. made an involuntary shiver, at which the gentleman gave him a gentle, reassuring tap on the back.
He did not want to expose K. to the chilly night air without moving though, so he took him under the arm and walked up and down with him a little way while the other gentleman looked round the quarry for a suitable place.
When he had found it he made a sign and the other gentleman escorted him there.
But the hands of one of the gentleman were laid on K.'s throat, while the other pushed the knife deep into his heart and twisted it there, twice.
One crusty old gentleman objected, but I got in, notwithstanding; and, putting my cheeses upon the rack, squeezed down with a pleasant smile, and said it was a warm day.
A few moments passed, and then the old gentleman began to fidget.
I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves; and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing.
Then the young gentleman from the boot-shop stopped, and joined Biggs's boy; while the empty-can superintendent from "The Blue Posts" took up an independent position on the curb.
" said the gentleman from the boot-shop.
We had just commenced the third course - the bread and jam - when a gentleman in shirt-sleeves and a short pipe came along, and wanted to know if we knew that we were trespassing.
We said we hadn't given the matter sufficient consideration as yet to enable us to arrive at a definite conclusion on that point, but that, if he assured us on his word as a gentleman that we WERE trespassing, we would, without further hesitation, believe it.
Whatever the accident may have been, however, it had in no way disturbed the young lady and gentleman, who were towing.
From Medmenham to sweet Hambledon Lock the river is full of peaceful beauty, but, after it passes Greenlands, the rather uninteresting looking river residence of my newsagent - a quiet unassuming old gentleman, who may often be met with about these regions, during the summer months, sculling himself along in easy vigorous style, or chatting genially to some old lock-keeper, as he passes through - until well the other side of Henley, it is somewhat bare and dull.
He put on a winning smile, and said: "Oh, please could you spare us a little water?""Certainly," replied the old gentleman; "take as much as you want, and leave the rest."
Your first sensation on seeing this gentleman is that, somehow or other, you don't feel equal to company and conversation, and that, if you could do so without appearing rude, you would rather avoid meeting him; and your object is, therefore, to get off on the opposite side of the pond to which he is, and to go home quietly and quickly, pretending not to see him.
There is a pause after this, nobody feeling sufficiently sure of himself to contradict the old gentleman.
"Ah!" said the old gentleman, following the direction of my gaze, "fine fellow that, ain't he?""Quite uncommon," I murmured; and George asked the old man how much he thought it weighed.
The gentlemen bent over the dishes set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the kitchen.
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