table manners
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Ulf was reacting to being reprimanded for his table manners but he could have been talking to the writers’ room.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024
Plenty of etiquette guides exist for hosts, but guests are bereft of guidance beyond table manners.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023
In the two-minute video, Paddington guzzles tea in front of the queen, before offering a spare marmalade sandwich to make up for his poor table manners.
From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Through her lessons on table manners and etiquette, Ms. Allen “became the Emily Post of Halsted Street,” as Tribune theater critic Chris Jones wrote in 2015, reviewing the premiere of “Charm” at Steppenwolf in Chicago.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022
She gave up, apparently, all interest in table manners or hygiene, but acquired a deep concern for and about human relationships.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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