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
Since Sir Charles Wood won the enduring gratitude of the Indian reigning houses by relieving them of the exploitation of early British misrule, his grandson is automatically persona grata at Delhi.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U. S. Secretary of State caused the German Government to be informed by cable that the President and Government of the U. S. considered Dr. von Prittwitz persona grata.
From Time Magazine Archive
Giovanni Beda Cardinale, is no longer persona grata and that the Argentine Minister to the Vatican, Garcia Mansilla, will be replaced.
From Time Magazine Archive
With this excuse I got rid of the ladies, and as the new servants had been engaged by me, I was persona grata in the house.
From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
