gentility
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I had thought that Fairhope, which some call “Mayberry by the Bay,” was a place where real Southern gentility had survived.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
Baseball’s rules were standardized by middle-class Manhattan professionals who “squeezed all the wildness of the folk game into their polished diamond,” giving it a sheen of gentility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
As Hemingway exclaimed in the voice of Jake Barnes, “It’s funny what a wonderful gentility you get in the bar of a big hotel.”
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Yet, thanks to Cloud, who brought gentleness and gentility to the role, the character could never be easily written off, or out, as a gangland plot device.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
I feel oppressed, too, by the mandatory gentility of Wal-Mart culture.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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