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
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
On my return to Malta Pope Benedict even intimated that I would be persona, grata as Minister to the Holy See.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he seemed bent on expelling all foreign correspondents, but now more than 200 of them are "persona grata" in a land where American diplomats are not.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, with the restoration of the Bourbons, the very fact that Cherubini had not been persona grata with Napoleon brought him honour and emoluments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
