manners

Example Sentences

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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

In “The Keeper” Ms. French once again captures the regional speech and manners that invariably reveal a character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

Because he was recently thinking about Handsome’s rules of manners and etiquette, he wondered if perhaps there was a proper way to address a hill, or any other geographical feature.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el