: a man who lives a life devoted chiefly to the pursuit of pleasure
Examples of playboy in a Sentence
She was dating a rich American playboy who was seeing two other women at the same time.
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Adding to the conversation, director Matt Shakman pointed out that despite previous iterations depicting the character as a silly playboy, the source material also details a superhero with great intelligence and self-deprecation.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2025
Lady Cho proposes a romantic bet to her admirer, the playboy Cho Won, setting the events of the story into motion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
After portraying billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne and his caped alter ego Batman across several films, the actor looks back on his superhero tenure with mixed feelings.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
And then Mai meets Duong (Tuan Tran), a romantic playboy.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2025
Lady Cho proposes a romantic bet to her admirer, the playboy Cho Won, setting the events of the story into motion.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
After portraying billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne and his caped alter ego Batman across several films, the actor looks back on his superhero tenure with mixed feelings.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
And then Mai meets Duong (Tuan Tran), a romantic playboy.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Playboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playboy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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playboy
noun
play·boy
-ˌbȯi 
: a man whose chief interest is the pursuit of pleasure
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