man of breeding
Example Sentences
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He looked at me in surprise, but, being a man of breeding, asked no questions upon matters that he accounted secret.
From Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... by Sabatini, Rafael
What a life for a man of breeding and refinement!…
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher
"I think him a man of breeding," she went on, "and I also think him a man of honour."
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
Perhaps the most striking and admirable thing about a man of breeding is his carefully disciplined impulses.
From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian
Caradoc's language and manners showed him to be a man of breeding, but he was full of contradictory habits.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.
