man of breeding
Example Sentences
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In spite of his weather-stained felt hat, and the coloured handkerchief slung round his muscular brown neck, I could see at a glance he was a man of breeding and education.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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
He has all the ease and poise of a traveled, polished young man of breeding.
From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee
"And to finally have a word with a man of breeding from this infernal settlement."
From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas
And she said feebly: "This Major Winton is a man of breeding, isn't he?"
From Beyond by Galsworthy, John
