manners
Example Sentences
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“There was a definite shortfall of manners on this trip, and I left this trip feeling embarrassed and taken advantage of.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It’s an oasis for arts, tasteful wealth, and Southern manners in one of the reddest parts of the country.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
The Times followed up with a report on Hovater’s fondness for “Seinfeld,” his wedding registry at Target, four cats and Midwestern manners that would, as reporter Richard Fausset wrote, “please anyone’s mother.”
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
"I had girlish manners, a girlish voice," he would later say.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
