good manners
Example Sentences
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If parents only left money to well-behaved adult children with a pristine record of good manners and fiscal responsibility, most pet shelters would probably never have to raise funds again.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
“On a personal level, to say, ‘I want, I want, I want,’ people may feel that, but we are taught that good manners is to suppress such immodest cravings.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
Rampling crackles as a matriarch who can sniff out her kids’ lies and insecurities but has the good manners not to say anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
It’s not like those good manners and contrived niceties ever managed to paper over those divisions in the first place.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
“Thanks. You, too,” I answered, feeling awkward before her good manners.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
