polished manners
Example Sentences
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Von Bülow, trained as a lawyer, had polished manners and, as a result of his marriage, a vast fortune.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019
Sometimes educating their sons in England, planters used impressive houses, the finest furnishings, elaborate entertainments, and polished manners to display their wealth and claim superior status.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
He was suave, with polished manners and a steady supply of spending money.
From New York Times • May 1, 2015
The Prince became one of the Gestapo's chief pre-war agents in France, and his polished manners persuaded many uncouth Nazis not to scratch their heads with their forks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perfectly adapted to shine in society, he prided himself with good reason upon his polished manners, which united in a very just degree the most gracious suavity with the blandest dignity.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
