clean-cut
Example Sentences
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It was doubly bold, because Seaver was a clean-cut former Marine not given to agitation, and the World Series hadn’t even started.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Russian comedian Andrei Bocharov, 59, made his name as a clean-cut "Mama's boy" playing an awkward character in an absurdist 1990s TV show about post-Soviet life.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
“The best investors in the world all operate with very clean-cut, black-and-white rules with respect to managing risk.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 19, 2025
Usually, we get preachiness or something clean-cut and easy to discern.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025
He had a clean-cut all-American-Asian look about him, and he walked with a high-school swagger.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
