Example Sentences

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For now the cottages stand idle by the glass-walled motel office and its rakishly tilted roof.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

Gone, for example, were the cream jeans which he bought on sale, intending to wear them rakishly with a navy blazer in the summer, yet ultimately never wore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2019

A smoldering cinnamon stick wrapped in an orange peel perches rakishly on the rim of “The John T.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018

The spritz is a cocktail in which part of the appeal is looseness, a willingness to toss ingredients together in a rakishly pleasing way.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2016

The wind was blowing wildly about her, tugging at her skirt, tilting her hat rakishly to one side.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers