persona grata
Example Sentences
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Cavett: I was actually persona grata at the White House for a brief time.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016
Washington denied any involvement, however, and calmer heads in Lisbon declared that Carlucci was still persona grata.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today Ambassador Bullitt, highly persona grata in Moscow, constitutes almost the sole friendly link between Moscow and Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor is Colonel John Patrick Sullivan, another big old-line Democrat, persona grata beyond his urban district, because of his horse track, gambling and brewing connections.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was his custom to pose as an English philanthropist, who was almost eccentric in his liberality and who made himself persona grata in society.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
